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fourteen Definition

four·teen (fôrtēn)

adjective

totaling four more than ten

Etymology: ME fourtene < OE feowertyne: see four & -teen

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.