29
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Definition
Adjective:
- Being nine more than twenty: The word "29" functions as an adjective when describing a quantity or amount that is exactly one more than twenty-eight and nine more than twenty.
Noun:
- The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-eight and one: The word "29" functions as a noun when it represents the specific numerical value or figure itself.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- She has 29 books on the shelf. (The quantity of books is nine more than twenty.)
- The recipe requires 29 grams of sugar. (It describes the required amount.)
Noun:
- Twenty-eight plus one equals 29. (It names the result of the sum.)
- The number on his jersey was 29. (It identifies the specific numeral.)
Advanced Usage
- As a designator in sequences: Often used to mark position, order, or a specific item in a series.
- Please turn to page 29. (It specifies a particular location in a sequence.)
- He finished in 29th place. (Note: Here, "29th" is the ordinal form, a related variant.)
Variants and Related Words
- Twenty-nine (n, adj): The standard written and spoken form of the number.
- Twenty-nine is a prime number.
- 29th (adj): The ordinal number form, meaning "constituting number twenty-nine in a sequence."
- This is her 29th birthday.
Synonyms
- XXIX: The Roman numeral representation of the number twenty-nine.
- Twenty-nine: The equivalent word form.
Related Phrases
- 29 to the dozen: An idiom meaning to talk very rapidly and incessantly. (Note: This is a fixed idiom using the number; the common form is "nineteen to the dozen").
- She was talking 29 to the dozen about her trip.
Adjective
- being nine more than twenty
Noun
- the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-eight and one