Four (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a cardinal number, three plus one.
  2. a symbol of this number, 4 or IV or IIII.
  3. a set of this many persons or things.
  4. a playing card, die face, or half of a domino face with four pips.
  5. alternate four-bar passages, as played in sequence by different soloists: with guitar and piano trading fours.
  6. Automotive.
    • an automobile powered by a four-cylinder engine.
    • the engine itself.
adjective
  1. amounting to four in number.
Idioms
  1. all fours (def. 3).
noun
  1. the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
  2. a numeral, 4, IV, etc, representing this number
  3. something representing, represented by, or consisting of four units, such as a playing card with four symbols on it
  4. four hours after noon or midnight
  5. cricket
    • a shot that crosses the boundary after hitting the ground
    • the four runs scored for such a shot
  6. rowing
    • a racing shell propelled by four oarsmen pulling one oar each, with or without a cox
    • the crew of such a shell
determiner
    • amounting to four
    • (as pronoun)
Four (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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