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Definition of 'four'Numeral
( head)
(cardinal) A numerical value equal to ; the number after three and before five; two plus two. This many dots (••••)
- There are four seasons: winter, spring, summer and autumn.
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- Venters began to count them—one—two—three—four —on up to sixteen.
Describing a set or group with four components.
Derived terms
( der-top)
* on all fours
* back four
* four-bagger
* four-ball
* four-by-four/
* four-color/four-colour
* four-dimensional
* four-eyes
* four-flush
* fourfold
* fourfooted/four-footed
* four-handed
* four horsemen
* four hundred
* four-in-hand
* four-leaf clover
* four-letter word
( der-mid)
* fourling
* four-o'clock
* four of a kind
* four-on-the-floor
* fourpence
* fourpenny
* fourplex
* four-post bed
* four-poster
* four-pounder
* fourscore
* foursquare
* four square
* foursome
* four-star
* four-wheel drive
* four-wheeler
* two-by-four
( der-bottom)
Related terms
* fourth
Descendants
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See also
* Last: three, 3
* Next: five, 5
Noun
(countable) The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.
(countable) Anything measuring four units, as length.
- Do you have any more fours ? I want to make this a little taller.
A person who is four years old.
- I'll take the threes, fours and fives and go to the playground.
(cricket|countable) An event whereby a batsman hits a ball which bounces on the ground before passing over a boundary in the air, resulting in an award of 4 runs for the batting team. If the ball does not bounce before passing over the boundary, a six is awarded instead.
(rowing) Quadruple sculls.
(obsolete) A four-pennyworth of spirits.
* 1887 , Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet , IV:
- I was a-strollin' down, thinkin' between ourselves how uncommon handy a four of gin hot would be, when suddenly the glint of a light caught my eye in the window of that same house.
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( Symbols of number four in various numeral systems)
* ( Arabic numerals): 4
* ( Chinese numerals): ?, ?
* ( Greek numerals): ( uppercase) ??, ( lowercase) ??
* ( Roman numerals): IV or IIII
( rel-bottom)
Similar to 'four'for, far, fear, fair, fewer, fer, fur, foyer, fir, fower, fiar, fuar, feer, feuar
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