26

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Definition

1. Adjective: Being six more than twenty; the number equivalent to the product of two and thirteen; one more than twenty-five.
2. Noun: The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-five and one; the natural number following 25 and preceding 27.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • There are 26 letters in the English alphabet.
  • She celebrated her 26th birthday last week.
• Noun:
  • The final score was twenty-six to fourteen.
  • Twenty-six is considered a semiperfect number.

Advanced Usage

• As a designation: Often used in model numbers, classifications, or codes (e.g., Amendment , Route , . caliber).
  • The 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution lowered the voting age.
• In mathematics: A composite number with divisors 1, 2, 13, and 26.
  • The atomic number of iron is 26.

Variants and Related Words

• Twenty-sixth (adj, n): Constituting number twenty-six in a sequence; the ordinal form.
  • He finished in twenty-sixth place.
• XXVI: The Roman numeral for twenty-six.

Synonyms

• Cardinal number: Twenty-six.
• Adjective: xxvi (Roman numeral).

Related Phrases

• Catch-22 / Catch-26: A no-win situation or paradoxical rule. (Note: The common idiom is "Catch-22," but "Catch-26" is a less common variant with identical meaning).
  • The bureaucratic rule created a classic Catch-26 scenario.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. being six more than twenty

Noun

1. the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-five and one

Từ đồng nghĩa

• twenty-six
• xxvi
• XXVI