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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
/ ´ÚÉ”Ë /
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
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of four1
˜yÐÄvlog 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
"I guess you could argue you're paying for a game that four people could play," she said.
On Wednesday night in the US Senate, four Republicans joined with Democrats to support rescinding the emergency declaration that justifies Trump's earlier Canada tariffs.
Last year, the Housing Ministry estimated that the country needs between 600,000 and one million new homes over the next four years in order to meet demand.
Brosnan, who fronted the “Bond†franchise across four films from 1995 to 2002, said in a recent interview that he thinks his “Greatest†co-star “would be very good†for the iconic role.
The rest of the playoffs he hit .321 with four home runs and 16 RBIs to help the Dodgers to their eighth title, and second in his five years with the team.
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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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