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four
[ fawr, fohr ]
noun
- a cardinal number, three plus one.
- a symbol of this number, 4 or IV or IIII.
- a set of this many persons or things.
- a playing card, die face, or half of a domino face with four pips.
- fours, Jazz. alternate four-bar passages, as played in sequence by different soloists:
with guitar and piano trading fours.
- Automotive.
- an automobile powered by a four-cylinder engine.
- the engine itself.
adjective
- amounting to four in number.
four
/ ɔː /
noun
- the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
- a numeral, 4, IV, etc, representing this number
- something representing, represented by, or consisting of four units, such as a playing card with four symbols on it
- Also calledfour o'clock four hours after noon or midnight
- cricket
- a shot that crosses the boundary after hitting the ground
- the four runs scored for such a shot
- rowing
- a racing shell propelled by four oarsmen pulling one oar each, with or without a cox
- the crew of such a shell
determiner
- amounting to four
four thousand eggs
four times
- ( as pronoun )
four are ready
Word History and Origins
Origin of four1
Word History and Origins
Origin of four1
Idioms and Phrases
- on all fours. all fours ( def 3 ).
More idioms and phrases containing four
- between you and me and (the four walls)
- on all fours
Example Sentences
And with Glasnow and Blake Snell currently on the IL, they will begin it with just four healthy starters on their active roster.
Martinez did not move from San Siro and, five years on, has made Inter his team - hitting at least 20 goals in each of the past four seasons and breaking one record after another.
The next few days will give us a sense of how or whether, albeit up to four years out from choosing the next government, that is a plausible claim.
Since his arrest, four additional victims have come forward from from McKevett Elementary School.
The latest review, however, found only four were on track to be met, while four were worsening – including the annual rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander incarceration, which was up 12% in a year.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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