four

Four is a number that comes after 3 and before 5.

(noun)

A number that is reached by multiplying 2 by 2, is an example of four.

See four in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

totaling one more than three

Origin: 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.

See four in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The cardinal number equal to 3 + 1.
The fourth in a set or sequence.
Something having four parts, units, or members, such as a musical quartet or a four-cylinder engine.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old English fēower; see k^wetwer- in Indo-European roots

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