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TWENTY-TWO

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A .22 caliber firearm (pistol or rifle)

Synonyms:

.22; twenty-two

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("twenty-two" is a kind of...):

firearm; piece; small-arm (a portable gun)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "twenty-two"):

twenty-two pistol (a .22-caliber pistol)

twenty-two rifle (a .22-caliber rifle)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-one and one

Synonyms:

22; twenty-two; XXII

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("twenty-two" is a kind of...):

large integer (an integer equal to or greater than ten)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being two more than twenty

Synonyms:

22; twenty-two; xxii

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Father agreed to finance me for a year and after various delays I came east, permanently, I thought, in the spring of twenty-two.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)