four
four
Definition
four (fôr, fōr)
adjective
totaling one more than three
Etymology: ME < OE feower, akin to Ger vier, Goth fidwōr < IE base *kwetwor- > L quattuor, Welsh pedwar
noun
- the cardinal number between three and five; 4; IV
- any group of four people or things
- something numbered four or having four units, as a playing card, face of a die, etc.
on all fours
- on all four feet
- on hands and knees (or feet)
- exactly equatable (with)
four
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- cox: The women's coxed fours B category produced a messy spectacle.
Modifies a noun
- event: This is the first major college race of the term, and the leading fours event on the Cam.
four Quotes
Four be the things I'd been better without: Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt.
To think that two and two are four And neither five nor three The heart of man has long been sore And long 'tis like to be.
Browse dictionary entries near four
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- foundling
- founding father
