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- [fawr, fohr]
- /fɔr, foʊr/
- /fɔː(r)/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [fawr, fohr]
- /fɔr, foʊr/
Definitions of four word
- 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
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Origin of four
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English four, fower, Old English fēower; cognate with Old High German fior (German vier), Gothic fidwor; akin to Latin quattuor, Greek tésseres (Attic téttares)
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Parts of speech for Four
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
four popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
four usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for four
adj four
- quadruplicate — one of four copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.
- quadruple — fourfold; consisting of four parts: a quadruple alliance.
- tetrad — a group of four.
- quaternary — consisting of four.
- quadrigeminal — Having four parts, or two pairs.
noun four
- tetralogy — a series of four related dramas, operas, novels, etc.
- quaternity — a group or set of four.
- quadrivium — (during the Middle Ages) the more advanced division of the seven liberal arts, comprising arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music.
- quadruplet — any group or combination of four.
- quaternion — a group or set of four persons or things.
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