fourteen

[fawr-teen, fohr-]

noun

1. a cardinal number, ten plus four.

2. a symbol for this number, as 14 or XIV.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

adjective

1. amounting to 14 in number.

fourteen

/ ˈfɔːˈtiːn /

noun

1. the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and four

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

3. something represented by, representing, or consisting of 14 units

determiner

1. 1. amounting to fourteen

      fourteen cats

   2. ( as pronoun )

      the fourteen who remained

Word History and Origins

Origin of fourteen¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of fourteen¹

Old English fēowertīene

Example Sentences

She looks almost fourteen, and she wears long, thick dreadlocks that fall to her back.

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Dantès endures fourteen desperate years on that curséd isle, waiting for a window of opportunity to escape.

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That fall, when I was fourteen, I started college.

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“Our house,” he tells a new acquaintance, “has been in Mom’s family for a hundred and fourteen years.”

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Four had died by the time help arrived, and fourteen more died as they were being moved.

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