fourteen

[ fawr-teen, fohr- ]

/ ˈfɔrˈtin, ˈfoʊr- /

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.

Nearby words

fourragère, fourscore, foursome, foursquare, foursquarely, fourteen, fourteen points, fourteen points, the, fourteener, fourteenth, fourteenth amendment

Origin of fourteen

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

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Examples from the Web for fourteen

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|DAILY BEAST
You 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|DAILY BEAST
Fourteen 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|DAILY BEAST
The first machine, the 914—so called because it could copy on paper nine inches by fourteen inches—was a complex, clunky beast.
Pioneers in Printing|The Daily Beast|October 21, 2014|DAILY 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|DAILY BEAST
There was no one left at home that day but a girl fourteen years old and her four younger brothers.
Once Upon A Time In Connecticut|Caroline Clifford Newton
That elephant an me has been side-partners for fourteen years, an here you come between us.
Short Sixes|H. C. Bunner
With a band of relatives he invaded the convent, but neither abuse nor blows could subdue this child of fourteen.
Life of St. Francis of Assisi|Paul Sabatier
A man of seventy and a boy of fourteen were running for the forest.
The Scouts of the Valley|Joseph A. Altsheler
Like Laura, aged fourteen, I had taken a shorter voyage on a poorer ship, and I had decided that this would be different.
The Ship Dwellers|Albert Bigelow Paine

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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Word Origin and History for fourteen

fourteen

c.1300, from Old English feowertyne; see four + -teen. Cf. Old Saxon fiertein, Old Frisian fiuwertine, Dutch veertien, Old High German fiorzehan, German vierzehn, Gothic fidwortaihun.

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