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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)
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.

—Parker, Dorothy ne¤  e Rothschild

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.

—Housman, A(lfred) E(dward)