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four
[ fawr, fohr ]
/ fɔr, foʊr /
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noun
adjective
amounting to four in number.
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Idioms about four
on all fours. all fours (def. 3).
Origin of four
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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British Dictionary definitions for four
four
/ (fɔː) /
noun
determiner
- amounting to fourfour thousand eggs; four times
- (as pronoun)four are ready
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Related prefixes: quadri-, tetra-Word Origin for 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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