fourteen
a cardinal number, ten plus four.
a symbol for this number, as 14 or XIV.
a set of this many persons or things.
amounting to 14 in number.
Origin of fourteen
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How to use fourteen in a sentence
fourteen years this woman had spent with Rigondeaux before he escaped.
The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind | Brin-Jonathan Butler | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYou can find fourteen of these copper creations, all initially containing 3,900 liters of liquid apiece, on the Macallan estate.
When It Comes to Great Whisky, The Size of Your Still Matters | | December 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTfourteen years on, the wooden stairs and ceiling are still charred, and the walls are studded with clusters of bullet holes.
‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis | Nina Strochlic | November 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe first machine, the 914—so called because it could copy on paper nine inches by fourteen inches—was a complex, clunky beast.
Mooney quickly inflated his life raft, sent out an SOS signal and drifted for fourteen days before he was rescued.
Victor Mooney’s Epic Adventure for His Dead Brother | Justin Jones | October 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
fourteen genera, representing about 19 species, of Mallophaga are reported for 20 different species of bird hosts.
Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula | Erwin E. KlaasBonaparte took possession of Venice, boasting an independence of fourteen centuries.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellFor fourteen years Massna served in the Royal Italians, but at last he retired in disgust.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonA 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 ToddI need fourteen wire ropes, all pulling in different directions, to hold me steady.
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British Dictionary definitions for fourteen
/ (ˈfɔːˈtiːn) /
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
amounting to fourteen: fourteen cats
(as pronoun): the fourteen who remained
Origin of fourteen
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