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four

[ fawr, fohr ]

noun

  1. a cardinal number, three plus one.
  2. a symbol of this number, 4 or IV or IIII.
  3. a set of this many persons or things.
  4. a playing card, die face, or half of a domino face with four pips.
  5. fours, Jazz. alternate four-bar passages, as played in sequence by different soloists:

    with guitar and piano trading fours.

  6. Automotive.
    1. an automobile powered by a four-cylinder engine.
    2. the engine itself.


adjective

  1. amounting to four in number.

four

/ 蹿蓴藧 /

noun

  1. the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
  2. a numeral, 4, IV, etc, representing this number
  3. something representing, represented by, or consisting of four units, such as a playing card with four symbols on it
  4. Also calledfour o'clock four hours after noon or midnight
  5. cricket
    1. a shot that crosses the boundary after hitting the ground
    2. the four runs scored for such a shot
  6. rowing
    1. a racing shell propelled by four oarsmen pulling one oar each, with or without a cox
    2. the crew of such a shell
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

determiner

    1. amounting to four

      four thousand eggs

      four times

    2. ( as pronoun )

      four are ready

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of four1

before 1000; Middle English four, fower, Old English 蹿脓辞飞别谤; cognate with Old High German fior ( German vier ), Gothic fidwor; akin to Latin quattuor, Greek 迟茅蝉蝉别谤别蝉 ( Attic 迟茅迟迟补谤别蝉 )
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of four1

Old English 蹿脓辞飞别谤 ; related to Old Frisian 蹿颈奴飞别谤 , Old Norse 蹿箩艒谤颈谤 , Old High German fior , Latin quattuor , Greek tessares , Sanskrit catur
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Idioms and Phrases

More idioms and phrases containing four

  • between you and me and (the four walls)
  • on all fours
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Example Sentences

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She said she and Mark Gordon were trying to hide her baby from the authorities who had removed her previous four children.

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He has not reached double figures in the first innings of his four appearances for Kent, and was out for six against Middlesex at Lord's on Friday.

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Vogue鈥檚 May issue features four covers, with each of the four co-chairs showing off his signature cool.

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The other four council members also did not respond to emails.

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Mr Osman was one of four children and, in a statement read in court, his younger sister Anna said she "looked up to and loved" him "with all my heart".

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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