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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

  1. the cardinal number between three and five; 4; IV
  2. any group of four people or things
  3. something numbered four or having four units, as a playing card, face of a die, etc.
four Idioms

on all fours

  1. on all four feet
  2. on hands and knees (or feet)
  3. exactly equatable (with)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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