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| English Dictionary: four |
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| 3 results for four |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- four
- adj
- being one more than three
Synonym(s): four, 4, iv
- n
- the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one [syn:
four, 4, IV, tetrad, quatern, quaternion, quaternary, quaternity, quartet, quadruplet, foursome, Little Joe]
- a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows four pips
Synonym(s): four-spot, four
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Four \Four\, a. [OE. four, fower, feower, AS. fe[a2]wer; akin to
OS. fiwar, D. & G. vier, OHG. fior, Icel. fj[?]rir, Sw. fyra,
Dan. fire, Goth. fidw[?]r, Russ. chetuire, chetvero, W.
pedwar, L. quatuor, Gr. [?], [?], [?], Skr. catur. [?] 302.
Cf. {Farthing}, {Firkin}, {Forty}, {Cater} four,
{Quater-cousin}, {Quatuor}, {Quire} of paper, {tetrarch}.]
One more than three; twice two.
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Four \Four\, n.
1. The sum of four units; four units or objects.
2. A symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv.
3. Four things of the same kind, esp. four horses; as, a
chariot and four.
{All fours}. See {All fours}, in the Vocabulary.
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