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# xx

«xx» in Mova's school dictionary: **xx stands for two kisses, written at the end of a message…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

abbreviation; symbol

### meaning for a pupil

1) xx stands for two kisses, written at the end of a message or card to show love (informal). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/X/xx/#m1)

2) XX is the Roman numeral for 20 (maths). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/X/xx/#m2)

3) (science) XX is the pair of sex chromosomes usually found in girls and women. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/X/xx/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, people end friendly notes with «xx». In maths, Roman numerals use X for 10, so XX is 20. In science lessons on genes, XX and XY are chromosome pairs. Phrases: love, xx.

### examples

- Love, Mum xx [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/X/xx/#x1)
- See you soon, xx [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/X/xx/#x2)
- Happy birthday, Gran! xx [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/X/xx/#x3)
- XX is the Roman numeral for twenty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/X/xx/#x4)
- Chapter XX is the last one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/X/xx/#x5)
- Most girls have XX chromosomes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/X/xx/#x6)
- Chapter XX The Dainty China Country [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/X/xx/#x7)

### note

Informal; not used in formal letters. A single «x» is one kiss. Roman numerals: X = 10, XX = 20, XXX = 30.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «xx» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/X/xx/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.