four
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[edit] Etymology
Middle English fower, from Old English fēower, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. Cognate with German vier, French quatre, Portuguese quatro, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂 (fidwor), Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (tessares), Latin quattuor, Old Norse fjórir (Danish fire), Russian четыре (četýre), Sanskrit चतुर् (catur).
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- (RP) enPR: fô, IPA: /fɔː/, SAMPA: /fO:/
- (US) enPR: fôr, IPA: /fɔːɹ/, /foʊɹ/, SAMPA: /fO:r/, /foUr/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(r)
- Homophones: for, fore
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four
- (cardinal) A numerical value equal to 4; the number after three and before five; two plus two. This many dots (••••)
- There are four seasons: winter, spring, summer and autumn.
- Describing a set or group with four components.
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the cardinal number 4
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set or group with four components
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four (countable and uncountable; plural fours)
- (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 fours 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.
- 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, IV:
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the digit or figure 4
in cricket
in rowing
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Look at pages starting with four.
- (playing cards) playing card, card; ace, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, jack, queen, king, joker [edit]
Symbols of number four in various numeral systems
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Latin furnus.
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four m. (plural fours)
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