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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024four /fɔr/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a cardinal number, three plus one.
- a symbol for this number, as 4 or IV.
adj. [ before a noun] - amounting to four in number.
Idioms- on all fours, on one's hands and knees.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024four (fôr, fōr),USA pronunciation n. - a cardinal number, three plus one.
- a symbol of this number, 4 or IV or IIII.
- a set of this many persons or things.
- Gamesa playing card, die face, or half of a domino face with four pips.
- Music, Music and Dance fours, [Jazz.]alternate four-bar passages, as played in sequence by different soloists:with guitar and piano trading fours.
- [Auto.]
- an automobile powered by a four-cylinder engine.
- the engine itself.
- Idioms on all fours. See all fours (def. 3).
adj. - amounting to four in number.
- bef. 1000; Middle English four, fower, Old English fēower; cognate with Old High German fior (German vier), Gothic fidwor; akin to Latin quattuor, Greek tésseres (Attic téttares)
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: four /fɔː/ n - the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
- a numeral, 4, IV, etc, representing this number
- something representing, represented by, or consisting of four units, such as a playing card with four symbols on it
- Also called: four o'clock four hours after noon or midnight
- a shot that crosses the boundary after hitting the ground
- the four runs scored for such a shot
- a racing shell propelled by four oarsmen pulling one oar each, with or without a cox
- the crew of such a shell
determiner - amounting to four: four thousand eggs, four times
- (as pronoun): four are ready
Etymology: Old English fēower; related to Old Frisian fiūwer, Old Norse fjōrir, Old High German fior, Latin quattuor, Greek tessares, Sanskrit catur |