twenty-eight

1 of 4

adjective

: being one more than 27 in number

twenty-eight years

see Table of Numbers

twenty-eight

2 of 4

pronoun, plural in construction

"

: 28 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated

twenty-eight are here

twenty-eight were found

twenty-eight

3 of 4

noun (1)

"

1

: eight and 20 : four times seven

2

a

: 28 units or objects

a total of twenty-eight

b

: a group or set of 28

3

: the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 28

4

: the 28th in a set or series

especially : an article of clothing of the 28th size

wears a twenty-eight

twenty-eight

4 of 4

noun (2)

"

: a West Australian yellow-collared parakeet (Platycercus zonarius semitorquatus)

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