27
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Definition
Noun:
- The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-six and one: It represents a specific quantity, equivalent to twenty-seven units. It is the natural number following 26 and preceding 28.
Adjective:
- Being seven more than twenty: Used to describe a quantity of twenty-seven items or the position in a sequence.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- The answer to the math problem is twenty-seven.
- There are twenty-seven students in the classroom.
Adjective:
- She has twenty-seven books on the shelf.
- He celebrated his twenty-seventh birthday last week. (Note: 'twenty-seventh' is the ordinal form, derived from the cardinal 'twenty-seven').
Advanced Usage
- As a numeral in various contexts: The number can be used in mathematics, age, quantities, and identifiers (e.g., page twenty-seven, Route 27).
- The temperature dropped to twenty-seven degrees.
- Chapter twenty-seven is the most exciting part of the book.
Variants and Related Words
- 27th / Twenty-seventh (adj, n): The ordinal number corresponding to twenty-seven, indicating position in a sequence.
- This is the twenty-seventh day of the month.
Synonyms
- XXVII: The Roman numeral representation of the number twenty-seven.
Related Phrases
- Catch-27: A hypothetical, humorous variation of the idiom "Catch-22," referring to an impossible situation with contradictory rules. (Note: This is not a standard idiom but a creative variant demonstrating how numbers can be used in phrase construction).
- 27 Club: A cultural reference to a group of influential musicians and artists who died at the age of twenty-seven. (Note: This is a proper noun referencing a specific cultural phenomenon).
Adjective
- being seven more than twenty
Noun
- the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-six and one