FOUR

four, iv

(adjective) being one more than three

four, four-spot

(noun) a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows four pips

four, IV, tetrad, quatern, quaternion, quaternary, quaternity, quartet, quadruplet, foursome, Little Joe

(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Numeral

four

A numerical value equal to 4; the number after three and before five; two plus two. This many dots (••••)

Describing a set or group with four elements.

Noun

four (countable and uncountable, plural fours)

(countable) The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.

(countable) Anything measuring four units, as length.

A person who is four years old.

(cricket, countable) An event in which the batsmen run four times between the wickets or, more often, a batsman hits a ball which bounces on the ground before passing over a boundary, resulting in an award of 4 runs for the batting team. If the ball does not bounce before passing over the boundary, a six is awarded instead.

(basketball, countable) A power forward.

(rowing) Four-man sweep racing shell, with or without a coxswain.

The shell itself.

The crew rowing in a four boat.

(colloquial) A regatta event for four boats.

(obsolete) A four-pennyworth of spirits.

Anagrams

• furo, rouf, uORF

Source: Wiktionary


Four, a. Etym: [OE. four, fower, feower, AS. feĂłwer; akin to OS. fiwar, D. & G. vier, OHG. fior, Icel. fj, Sw. fyra, Dan. fire, Goth. fidw, Russ. chetuire, chetvero, W. pedwar, L. quatuor, Gr. catur. Farthing, Firkin, Forty, Cater four, Quater-cousin, Quatuor, Quire of paper, tetrarch.]

Definition: One more than three; twice two.

Four, n.

1. The sum of four units; four units or objects.

2. A symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv.

3. Four things of the same kind, esp. four horses; as, a chariot and four. All fours. See All fours, in the Vocabulary.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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