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ALL meanings of four

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  • noun four a cardinal number, three plus one. 1
  • noun four a symbol of this number, 4 or IV or IIII. 1
  • noun four a set of this many persons or things. 1
  • noun four a playing card, die face, or half of a domino face with four pips. 1
  • noun four fours, Jazz. alternate four-bar passages, as played in sequence by different soloists: with guitar and piano trading fours. 1
  • noun four Automotive. an automobile powered by a four-cylinder engine. the engine itself. 1
  • adjective four amounting to four in number. 1
  • idioms four on all fours. all fours (def 3). 1
  • adjective four number 1
  • adjective four four years old 1
  • noun four rowing crew 1
  • noun four time 1
  • noun four cards 1
  • noun four Equivalent to the product of two and two; one more than three, or six less than ten; 4. 1
  • noun four (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A four-pennyworth of spirits. 0
  • number four Four is the number 4. 0
  • countable noun four In cricket, if a player hits a four, they score four runs by hitting the ball along the ground so that it crosses the boundary at the edge of the playing area. 0
  • countable noun four A four is a narrow racing boat that is rowed by a team of four people. 0
  • noun four the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one 0
  • noun four a numeral, 4, IV, etc, representing this number 0
  • noun four something representing, represented by, or consisting of four units, such as a playing card with four symbols on it 0
  • noun four four hours after noon or midnight 0
  • noun four a shot that crosses the boundary after hitting the ground 0
  • noun four the four runs scored for such a shot 0
  • noun four a racing shell propelled by four oarsmen pulling one oar each, with or without a cox 0
  • noun four the crew of such a shell 0
  • determiner four amounting to four 0
  • determiner four (as pronoun) 0
  • adjective four totaling one more than three 0
  • noun four the cardinal number between three and five; 4; IV 0
  • noun four any group of four people or things 0
  • noun four something numbered four or having four units, as a playing card, face of a die, etc. 0
  • noun four (Countable Noun) The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof. 0
  • noun four (Countable Noun) Anything measuring four units, as length. 0
  • noun four A person who is four years old. 0
  • noun four (Countable Noun) (cricket) 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. 0
  • noun four (Countable Noun) (basketball) A power forward. 0
  • noun four (rowing) Quadruple sculls. 0
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