four
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, three plus one.
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a symbol of this number, 4 or IV or IIII.
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a set of this many persons or things.
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a playing card, die face, or half of a domino face with four pips.
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Jazz. fours, alternate four-bar passages, as played in sequence by different soloists.
with guitar and piano trading fours.
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Automotive.
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an automobile powered by a four-cylinder engine.
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the engine itself.
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adjective
idioms
noun
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the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
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a numeral, 4, IV, etc, representing this number
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something representing, represented by, or consisting of four units, such as a playing card with four symbols on it
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Also called: four o'clock. four hours after noon or midnight
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cricket
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a shot that crosses the boundary after hitting the ground
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the four runs scored for such a shot
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rowing
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a racing shell propelled by four oarsmen pulling one oar each, with or without a cox
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the crew of such a shell
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determiner
Etymology
Origin of four
before 1000; Middle English four, fower, Old English fēower; cognate with Old High German fior ( German vier ), Gothic fidwor; akin to Latin quattuor, Greek tésseres ( Attic téttares )
Example Sentences
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He has played four years in Los Angeles and won two, with the walk-off grand slam to end one World Series game and a walk-off home run to end an 18-inning World Series game.
From Los Angeles Times
Dubai International Airport has been damaged in an "incident" which injured four staff, according to authorities, with thousands of flights grounded.
From BBC
Not only had a few stayed with me, two of the guys—a Swiss and an Israeli—had left me behind with four or five miles left.
Publix opened a store in a Cincinnati suburb and has plans for four more in the area.
The Islamic Republic has set up four layers of replacements for its entire leadership, including its army commanders, in case of a sustained military campaign, Iranian officials said.
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