fourteen

[fawr-teen, fohr-]

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.

Origin of fourteen

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

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Examples from the Web for fourteen

Contemporary Examples

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
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
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
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
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

Historical Examples

There were fourteen thousand waiters in New York, if, by waiters, you meant any one.
The Spenders
Harry Leon Wilson
Travelled fourteen miles in about an East-North-East direction and camped.
Explorations in Australia
John Forrest
Spinifex for the first fourteen miles, and miserable country.
Explorations in Australia
John Forrest
At fourteen I didn't much care where they stood, if it wasn't on my corns.
Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 7, May 14, 1870
Various
To a gentle loose, and the King of Spain for a mark at fourteen score!
The White Company
Arthur Conan Doyle

British Dictionary definitions for fourteen

fourteen

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

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

Word Origin

Old English fēowertīene

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Word Origin and History for fourteen

n.

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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Examples from the Web for fourteen

Contemporary Examples

Fourteen years this woman had spent with Rigondeaux before he escaped.

You can find fourteen of these copper creations, all initially containing 3,900 liters of liquid apiece, on the Macallan estate.

Fourteen years on, the wooden stairs and ceiling are still charred, and the walls are studded with clusters of bullet holes.

The 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.

Historical Examples

There were fourteen thousand waiters in New York, if, by waiters, you meant any one.

Travelled fourteen miles in about an East-North-East direction and camped.

Spinifex for the first fourteen miles, and miserable country.

At fourteen I didn't much care where they stood, if it wasn't on my corns.

To a gentle loose, and the King of Spain for a mark at fourteen score!

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n.

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