4️⃣ The number four 💬 Short for 'for'

4

9.5

A short written form used to mean for in messages

adposition

Texting

: para (abreviatura en inglés, informal, texto)

The recipe calls for 4 cups of flour to make the dough.

Examples

I will send you the details in a moment, just give me 4 minutes.
He only has 4 days to complete his project before the deadline.
I think once I had them for four weeks, they will look really cool.
They still come for four years, they still take classes.
It's been on Tubi for four, four years, around four years.
He came out for us four or five times at least.
We can't do it for four, we can't do it for five.

Synonyms

for

vs4

∞ 1.0

Given in return for something else

serves as an informal digital substitute of that preposition

Compounds

July 4

33 1.0

A national holiday in the United States that celebrates independence from Britain

biosafety level 4

Specialized

9.9

The highest safety level for labs that handle very dangerous germs that cause deadly disease and have no vaccine

cluster of differentiation 4

Specialized

9.9

A protein on helper T cells that helps the immune system and lets HIV enter cells

4-hitter

Jargon

7.0

A baseball game in which the pitcher allows exactly four hits

Surface Forms

4 main

Etymology

4 Is also used informally as a short form for the word 'for' because the digit and the word sound the same. A helpful way to remember the texting use of 4 is that people type it to save time in messages, so it stands for 'for'.