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Meaning of "four" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FOUR

Old English fēower; related to Old Frisian fiūwer, Old Norse fjōrir, Old High German fior, Latin quattuor, Greek tessares, Sanskrit catur.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FOUR

four  [fɔː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOUR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Four can act as a noun and a determiner.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The determinant is a modifier that provides context to the noun, often in terms of quantity and possession.

WHAT DOES FOUR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

4 (number)

4 is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. Four is the only number that has the same number of characters as its value in the English language.

Definition of four in the English dictionary

The first definition of four in the dictionary is the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one. Other definition of four is a numeral, 4, IV, etc, representing this number. Four is also something representing, represented by, or consisting of four units, such as a playing card with four symbols on it.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOUR

four eyes principle
four flush
Four Hundred
four jaw chuck
four-by-four
four-by-two
four-colour
four-cycle
four-deal bridge
four-dimensional
four-door
four-engined
four-eyed
four-eyed fish
four-eyes
four-flush
four-flusher
four-footed
four-four

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOUR

amour
armour
behaviour
colour
flour
glamour
guest of honour
happy hour
harbour
honour
hour
humour
labour
our
pour
retour
sense of humour
sour
tour
your

Synonyms and antonyms of four in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FOUR»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «four» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of four

Translation of «four» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOUR

Find out the translation of four to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of four from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «four» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cuatro
570 millions of speakers

English

four
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أَرْبَعَ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

четыре
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

quatro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

quatre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Empat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

vier
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

4
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Papat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bốn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நான்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dört
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

quattro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cztery
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

чотири
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

patruzeci
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τέσσερα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vier
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fyra
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fire
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of four

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOUR»

The term «four» is very widely used and occupies the 1.217 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FOUR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «four» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «four» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about four

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10 QUOTES WITH «FOUR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word four.
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Horatio Alger
No period of my life has been one of such unmixed happiness as the four years which have been spent within college walls.
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Brady Anderson
I look at it logically. We need four wins. We're one step closer.
3
Sergio Aragones
With Groo, I try to do one story every book. Sometimes the stories are better if they go a little longer, and I choose to do it in four issues.
4
Tim Armstrong
Think of any news site on the web that sells subscriptions; AOL has four times as many people as the largest subscription service. We have people who pay to use our products and services, and they are heavily engaged in our content.
5
Taylor Caldwell
I have had four happy days in my life, and three of them turned out to be illusions.
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John Henry Carver
In the tail above the giant resonance, you can get not just one neutron emitted but two, three, four or five, and so there are a lot of things one can measure, looking at the competition with the emission of neutrons and protons and so on.
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Yoenis Cespedes
In Cuba, I would start the first two months hitting around .260 with three or four home runs. After the first half of the season, I would get hot, and that's when I would have my best results.
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Erin Cummings
All four of my grandparents were educators, my mom was a school nurse, and I went through the public school system.
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Evan Daugherty
After 'Divergent,' I got a job rewriting a sci-fi script at Paramount. I think they really liked what I did, so I got a call saying, 'We're about to shoot 'Ninja Turtles' in three or four months; do you wanna come in and do a little work on the script?' That was the beginning of a many-month 'Ninja Turtle' odyssey.
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Alan Davies
The one I remember is going into London, as it was for us in Essex, on New Year's Eve in 1981. There were four of us and we'd had a few lagers on the way. One of my mates threw up in the Tube and then stood up and fell over in it. We thought it was the funniest thing we'd ever seen.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOUR»

Discover the use of four in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to four and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Four
Winner of the Olivier Award for Best New Play. ...a ferocious comedy [with] brawny characters, not to mention a conflict that justifies some high-powered verbal brutality.
Christopher Shinn, 2002
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The Four Things That Matter Most - 10th Anniversary Edition: ...
His insights and stories help us to forgive, appreciate, love, and celebrate one another more fully. The inspiring stories in The Four Things That Matter Most demonstrate the usefulness of the Four Things in a wide range of life situations.
Ira Byock, 2004
3
The Four Books: The Basic Teachings of the Later Confucian ...
This compact volume shows how the Four Books -- the Greater Learning, the Analects, the Mencius, and the Doctrine of the Mean -- have been read and understood by the Chinese since the twelfth century.
Daniel K. Gardner, 2007
4
Four Seminars
While providing important insights into how Heidegger conducted his lectures, these seminars show him in his maturity reflecting back on his philosophical path."--BOOK JACKET.
Martin Heidegger, 2003
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America's Four Gods: What We Say about God--and What That ...
The greatest divisions in America are not between atheists and believers, or even between people of different faiths. What divides us, this groundbreaking book shows, is how we conceive of God and the role He plays in our daily lives.
Paul Froese, Christopher Bader, 2010
6
The Four Books on Architecture
The first English translation of Palladio in over 250 years, and the only translation available in modern English.
Andrea Palladio, 2002
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Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies
Reyner Banham examined the built environment of Los Angeles in a way no architectural historian before him had done, looking with fresh eyes at its manifestations of popular taste and industrial ingenuity, as well as its more traditional ...
Reyner Banham, 2009
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Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home ...
If you love the joys of eating home-garden vegetables but always thought those joys had to stop at the end of summer, this book is for you.
Eliot Coleman, 2012
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Fourier: 'The Theory of the Four Movements'
An English translation of important text in the history of socialism.
Charles Fourier, Ian Patterson, Gareth Stedman Jones, 1996
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Russian Formalist Criticism: Four Essays
By then they had produced essays that remain among the best defenses ever written for both literature and its theory. Included here are four essays representing key points in the formalists' short history.
Lee T. Lemon, Marion J. Reis, 1965

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOUR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term four is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ashes 2015: Four Australian cricketers under threat for the second …
Since his debut in January 2005, he has scored four centuries and 24 fifties. Compare this to Chris Rogers (four hundreds, 41 innings), Dave ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
2
'Fantastic Four,' 'Deadpool' - Los Angeles Times
Comic-Con: Fox shows off its superpowers with 'Fantastic Four,' 'Deadpool' and 'X-Men: Apocalypse'. Ryan Reynolds. Chris Pizzello / Invision/ ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
3
Ashes 2015: England v Australia – first Test, day four – as it …
England won each of the four days played to differing degrees, and it added up to a scoreline so emphatic that the fifth day wasn't required. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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With Greg Hardy's suspension reduced to four games, does it help …
And you know about Ray Rice (two games before the world went ballistic) and Tom Brady (currently sitting at four for ... well, we're not exactly ... «Yahoo Sports, Jul 15»
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'Fantastic Four' Comic-Con Panel - MTV.com
There's no denying that the inaugural appearance of the “Fantastic Four,” the group that defines super #squadgoals, at San Diego Comic-Con's ... «MTV.com, Jul 15»
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An X-Men And Fantastic Four Crossover? Here's What The Cast …
It's not everyday you get the cast of the new Fantastic Four movie in the same room with X-Men director Bryan Singer. But that's Comic-Con for ... «Cinema Blend, Jul 15»
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Bring on fixed four-year terms for Queensland - Brisbane Times
The LNP committed to conducting a referendum on fixed four-year terms while wooing the two Katter Party MPs for their support in ... «Brisbane Times, Jul 15»
8
Police hail heroes who pulled four from burning SUV - TVNZ
Four people had been taken to Palmerston North Hospital and one was in a critical condition, while the other three were satisfactory. «TVNZ, Jul 15»
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Firefighters battle four-alarm fire in Brockton - Metro - The Boston …
Handout. A four-alarm fire broke out at a Brockton recycling center on Saturday. BROCKTON — A four-alarm fire ripped through a recycling ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
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How Mole Man Fits Into Fantastic Four - CINEMABLEND
It can't be a coincidence that Harvey Elder shows up in the new Fantastic Four. Actor Tim Blake Nelson portrays the character, who in the ... «Cinema Blend, Jul 15»

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