fourteen
fourteen
Definition
four·teen (fôr′tēn′)
noun
the cardinal number between thirteen and fifteen; 14; XIV
fourteen
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- comprise: The CPS comprises fourteen independent research groups with a total of 30 post graduate, 31 postdoctoral and 15 technical research staff.
- age: He made his acting debut aged just fourteen in the Welsh Soap Opera, People of the Valley.
- kill: Seventeen people were killed, fourteen seriously injured and thirteen slightly injured, when twelve HEs and many IBs fell in the above area.
- contain: Containing fourteen substantive chapters, the volume is divided into three sections.
- write: Her first novel, Dying Fall was published in 1995 and she has since gone on to write fourteen more.
- have: Jean Roberts had fourteen which enabled her to reach second place.
Adjective modifier
- only: But he is still only fourteen, and she can make her mark before he comes of age.
Modifies a noun
- days.: Most people recover within five to fourteen days. Antibiotics are not given for viral meningitis because they do not get rid of the disease.
- shilling: In Birley's cotton factory 1,200 are employed, the majority girls, who earn from ten to fourteen shillings a week.
- acre: The Spa Hotel is an elegant country mansion, set in fourteen acres of beautiful grounds, overlooking the historic spa town of Royal...
- inch: We put some of our peas in the ground, which in ten days were fourteen inches high.
- day: At least fourteen days notice must be given to all members of the purpose of such a meeting.
- mile: Fourteen miles downstream from Preston the river estuary enters the Irish Sea... .
Noun used with modifier
- chapter: Chapter fourteen has a very solid grasp of the reasons for project slip.
- heat: The absence of Hamill meant heat fourteen only had three riders line-up at tapes.
- age: Angela's Story - the career of one of our nannies from age fourteen to present Who wants to be a Nanny?
- week: Over the next few weeks fourteen settlers in California were killed by war parties.
- number: Mothers responses to question number fourteen was about what they felt most hopeful about in their child ' development.
Preposition: in
- number: Let me mention, that the coins we have found are fourteen in number.
Preposition: per
- cent: Fourteen per cent of consultants no longer used CK in their practice.
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