Definition of four Four

/fɔˈɹ/ - [for] - four

We found 20 definitions of four from 8 different sources.

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What does four mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: fours

four - the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
  4, IV, tetrad, quatern, quaternion, quaternary, quaternity, quartet, quadruplet, foursome, Little Joe

Adjective

four, fourer, fourest

four - being one more than three
  4, iv
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • four (Noun)
    The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.
  • four (Noun)
    Anything measuring four units, as length.
  • four (Noun)
    A person who is fours years old.
  • four (Noun)
    An event whereby a batsman hits a ball which bounces on the ground before passing over a boundary in the air, resulting in an award of 4 runs for the batting team. If the ball does not bounce before passing over the boundary, a six is awarded instead.
  • four (Noun)
    Quadruple sculls.
  • four (Noun)
    A four- pennyworth of spirits.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • four (a.)
    One more than three; twice two.
  • four (n.)
    The sum of four units; four units or objects.
  • four (n.)
    A symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv.
  • four (n.)
    Four things of the same kind, esp. four horses; as, a chariot and four.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • four
    Four human beings, at least one of whom is a male.
  • four
    The fourth natural number (4).
  • four
    The cardinal number occurring after three and before five, represented in Roman numerals as IV, in Arabic numerals as 4.
  • four
    The digit "4".

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • four
    fōr, adj. and n. two and two, a cardinal number.—adjs. Four′fold, folded four times: multiplied four times; Four′-foot′ed, having four feet; Four′-hand′ed, having four hands: of a game, played by four people; Four′-inched (Shak.), four inches broad.—ns. Four′-in-hand, a vehicle drawn by four horses, driven by one person: a team of four horses drawing a carriage—also adj.; Four′penny, a small silver coin worth fourpence formerly coined in England.—adj. worth fourpence.—n. Four′-post′er, a large bed with four posts on which to hang curtains.—adjs. Four′score, four times a score—80; Four′some, by fours: anything in which four act together—also n.; Four′square, having four equal sides and angles: square.—adjs. and ns. Four′teen, four and ten; Four′teenth, four or the fourth after the tenth.—adj. Fourth, next after the third.—n. one of four equal parts.—adv. Fourth′ly.—adj. Fourth′-rate, of the fourth class or order.—n. Four′-wheel′er, a carriage or cab with four wheels.—Go on all fours, to go on hands and knees. [A.S. féower; Ger. vier, L. quatuor, Gr. tessares.]

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

  • four
    A place of confinement in Paris to which vagabonds and persons who could not give any satisfactory account of themselves were committed; and when once shut up had their names registered, and were enlisted for the old French government. These Fours added annually 2000 men at least to the king’s regular army; by which means the capital was relieved of a multitude of thieves, pickpockets, etc.

Wikipedia Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • The number four, is a number and a numeral. It comes after the number three, but before the number five.

    Math.

    In math, the number four is an even number and the smallest composite number. Four is also the second square number after one.

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  • four, noun, singular of fours.
  • four, adjective.

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