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English Dictionary: four by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
four
adj
  1. being one more than three
    Synonym(s): four, 4, iv
n
  1. 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]
  2. a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows four pips
    Synonym(s): four-spot, four
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.

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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