Four

  • 31four — noun Etymology: Middle English, from four adjective, from Old English fēower; akin to Old High German fior four, Latin quattuor, Greek tessares, tettares Date: before 12th century 1. see number table 2. the fourth in a set or series < the four of …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 32four — four1 [ fɔr ] number the number 4 four four 2 [ fɔr ] noun 1. ) uncount 4 o clock: at four: Meet me at four. 2. ) count a group of four people or things: Stack the crates in fours. 3. ) count a narrow ROWBOAT for four people, used in a boat race&#8230; …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 33four — [[t]fɔ͟ː(r)[/t]] ♦ fours 1) NUM Four is the number 4. Judith is married with four children. 2) N COUNT 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&#8230; …

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  • 34four — [OE] The distant Indo European ancestor of English four was *qwetwōr , which also produced Latin quattuor (whence French quatre, Italian quattro, Spanish cuatro, etc), Greek téssares, Sanskrit catvāras, Russian chetvero, 229 frantic and Welsh&#8230; …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 35four — [OE] The distant Indo European ancestor of English four was *qwetwōr , which also produced Latin quattuor (whence French quatre, Italian quattro, Spanish cuatro, etc), Greek téssares, Sanskrit catvāras, Russian chetvero, and Welsh pedwar. Its&#8230; …

    Word origins

  • 36four — I UK [fɔː(r)] / US [fɔr] number the number 4 II UK [fɔː(r)] / US [fɔr] noun [countable] Word forms four : singular four plural fours 1) a group of four people or things Stack the crates in fours. 2) the score in a game of cricket when a player&#8230; …

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  • 37four — [[t]fɔr, foʊr[/t]] n. 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) cvb aum a) an automobile powered by a four cylinder engine b) the engine itself 5) amounting to four …

    From formal English to slang

  • 38Four Ps — The categories that can be controlled in the marketing of a good or service: product, price, place and promotion. The four Ps, often referred to as the marketing mix, are all constrained by internal and external factors in the overall environment …

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  • 39four — cardinal number 1》 equivalent to the product of two and two; one more than three, or six less than ten; 4. (Roman numeral: iv or IV, archaic iiii or IIII.) 2》 Cricket a hit that reaches the boundary after first striking the ground, scoring four&#8230; …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 40four —    Employé dans un sens obscène pour désigner la nature de la femme.        Avec sa pâte qui fut levée aussitôt que le four fut chaud.    ( Moyen de parvenir. )         S’il vous plaist nous prester vos fours,    Nous sommes à vostre service.     …

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