Twenty-eight (Noun)
Meaning
The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-seven and one.
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- The Olympic Games are held every four years, except in leap years when they coincide with the calendar's twenty-eight day month February.
- There were twenty-eight players, divided into two teams of fourteen each, competing in the annual all-star basketball game.
- In a regular year, February has twenty-eight days, but in a leap year it has twenty-nine.
- He was born on the twenty-eighth of February in a leap year.
- The month of February has twenty-eight days in common years and extra day during leap years.