foursome
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈfɔːrsəm/
:
grupo de cuatro
- My father was pleased: with Ken, we were a foursome, and we could play bridge together.
- make a foursome
- a happy foursome
- a dream foursome
I mean, once the drinks start flowing, who's to say a foursome won't happen?
- I mean, once the drinks start flowing, who's to say a foursome won't happen?
- Best time was a foursome with three girls at the cruise.
- Legend has it that music producer Dick Roe passed on signing this British foursome because guitar groups are on their way out.
Examples
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Today is my golf day and my foursome tee'd off 20 minutes ago.
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Set in 1935, the opening scene introduces a foursome consisting of two unhappily married spouses and their lovers.
Academic text (2017) -
In fact, we were a foursome before we were born.
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The foursome sit back on the wide beach, one facing each direction, keeping watch.
Fiction book (2001) -
We played in a foursome in last year's golf tournament.
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Maybe it is time to seriously consider golf: a nice foursome on a manicured course.
Fiction book (1997) -
The entrees arrived, and while the foursome ate their dinners, the conversation stayed on neutral ground.
Fiction book (1999) -
Members of the winning foursome this year were the Geoffrey Langer party and Edwin Fluette.
Academic text (1997) -
The Americans won the Saturday morning foursomes by a score of 3-1, building a tidy 8-4 cushion.
Blog text (1) -
We played in a foursome in last year's golf tournament.
Synonyms
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3.3
A set of four people or things thought of as one unit
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6.2
A group of four similar things treated as one
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8.6
A group or set of four things
A set of four things or people seen as one group
A group of four people or things
A set of four related things
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Etymology
The word foursome is simply the number four plus the ending -some, which means 'group', like in twosome. So a foursome is a 'group of four'.