fourteen

[ fawr-teen, fohr- ]

/ ˈfɔrˈtin, ˈfoʊr- /

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noun

a cardinal number, ten plus four.

a symbol for this number, as 14 or XIV.

a set of this many persons or things.

adjective

amounting to 14 in number.

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Origin of fourteen

before 950; Middle English fourtene,Old English fēowertēne.See four, -teen

Words nearby fourteen

four-spot, foursquare, four-star, four-striper, four-stroke, fourteen, fourteener, Fourteen Points, fourteenth, Fourteenth Amendment, fourth

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How to use fourteen in a sentence

Fourteen years this woman had spent with Rigondeaux before he escaped.
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You can find fourteen of these copper creations, all initially containing 3,900 liters of liquid apiece, on the Macallan estate.
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Fourteen years on, the wooden stairs and ceiling are still charred, and the walls are studded with clusters of bullet holes.
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The first machine, the 914—so called because it could copy on paper nine inches by fourteen inches—was a complex, clunky beast.
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Mooney quickly inflated his life raft, sent out an SOS signal and drifted for fourteen days before he was rescued.
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Fourteen genera, representing about 19 species, of Mallophaga are reported for 20 different species of bird hosts.
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Bonaparte took possession of Venice, boasting an independence of fourteen centuries.
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For fourteen years Massna served in the Royal Italians, but at last he retired in disgust.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
A mosquito becomes dangerous in eight to fourteen days after it bites a malarious person, and remains so throughout its life.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
I need fourteen wire ropes, all pulling in different directions, to hold me steady.
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British Dictionary definitions for fourteen

fourteen

/ (ˈfɔːˈtiːn) /

noun

the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and four

a numeral, 14, XIV, etc, representing this number

something represented by, representing, or consisting of 14 units

determiner

amounting to fourteenfourteen cats
(as pronoun)the fourteen who remained

Word Origin for fourteen

Old English fēowertīene

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