four

Plural

fours

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.

   • We want a room for four nights.
   • I'll be back in four or five days.
   • Two times two is four.

2. 2.Anything measuring four units, as length.

   • Do you have any more fours? I want to make this a little taller.

3. 3.Four o'clock.

   • Letters to Sheffield are despatched every morning at six, and arrive every afternoon at ten minutes past four.
   • The larger ships picked up the low lying atoll on their radar about four in the morning at distances from 16 to 26 miles.

4. 4.A person who is four years old.

   • I'll take the threes, fours and fives and go to the playground.

Num

Numeral

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A word that represents a number or quantity.

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

   • There are four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter.
   • Venters began to count them, one, two, three, four, on up to sixteen.

2. 2.Describing a set or group with four elements.

Overall

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By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Common

General reading & writing

Very common

Academic

Uncommon

Literature

Uncommon

Word family

• fourth