four
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- numeral
- /fɔr/
:
cuatro
- She invited four guests to her birthday party last weekend.
- four years
- four days
- four weeks
We're having these beers and there's four youngsters playing.
- We're having these beers and there's four youngsters playing.
- So more than half wrote down four or more cuts.
- We had our three or four lawyers at our table.
- We're creating beyond that MOOC, We have four more Moocs in process.
- And now she has four kids, single mother.
- Matt ended up getting I think four years off his sentence.
- And the amount of output for four people was crazy.
- I mean, they've had four elections like in two years.
Examples
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And then we're going to talk about four main topics.
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Having dinner, the four of us.
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And so we're going to have now four more here.
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Perfect. So how do you find the four people to train?
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So the question is, name four of them that he used.
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I can fit four people!
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Last time I saw him, he only had four sons.
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In the following pages, we lay out the four scenarios as described by participants.
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Regarding the second research question, four themes developed from the interviews with the children.
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Data from Table 1 were used to address the four research questions and associated hypotheses.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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1.0
The number that comes after three and before five
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1.0
A Roman numeral for the number four
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8.6
A group or set of four things
A set of four related things
A slang name for the number four in dice games like craps
Idioms
- Archaic
A way to say eighty-seven years ago, used by Abraham Lincoln at the start of the Gettysburg Address
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.4
A system that powers all four wheels for better grip on rough or slippery ground
- Literature
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9.9
Four riders who represent conquest, war, famine, and disease at the end of the world
- Archaic
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5.1
A vehicle with four wheels like a carriage or taxi that people pay to use
- Archaic
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8.9
A small group of rich and famous people who make up the city's most exclusive circle
- Literature
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9.9
Four riders on horses in the Bible that stand for taking land, war, hunger, and death, warning of great disaster
- Specialized
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5.5
Four voices singing different notes together to make a rich musical sound
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5.4
A short announcement people hear four minutes before an event ends to tell them to prepare
- Specialized
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4.4
A machine that makes power using four piston movements in one cycle
A wildflower with deep pink tube-shaped flowers that open in the evening
A desert plant with deep pink, tube-shaped flowers that open in the evening
- Archaic
An attempt to trick others by pretending to have a strong poker hand or more success than you have
A small insect with bright wings whose front legs are very small and folded so it walks on four legs
- Specialized
A wide, low arch with a gentle point used in old churches and houses
A small yellow or orange bug with four black stripes that makes spots on plant leaves
- Specialized
An evergreen tree like a pine with four needles in each small group on its branches
- Specialized
A group of flowering plants like herbs, shrubs, and vines that open in the afternoon
- Offensive
A short rude English word of four letters that insults someone
- Archaic
A large size of printed letters of about 32 points used for headings and title pages
A small yellow insect with four black stripes on its back that feeds on plants
- Specialized
A machine that burns fuel inside and makes power in four piston strokes
- Specialized
A cloth strip with four tails that you tie over the head to hold the jaw or chin
- Baby Talk
A simple game for children using the thumb and four fingers to help them move well
A leafy wildflower with light purple flowers that open in the evening and last into the next morning
A leafy wildflower with sweet-smelling white or pale pink trumpet flowers that blooms late afternoon
Surface Forms
Etymology
Four comes from an old German word feower, and it is related to the modern German word vier. Think of the four legs of a table: the same basic word once meant 'four', which is why four still names the number 4.