fourteen
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, ten plus four.
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a symbol for this number, as 14 or XIV.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
noun
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the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and four
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a numeral, 14, XIV, etc, representing this number
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something represented by, representing, or consisting of 14 units
determiner
Etymology
Origin of fourteen
before 950; Middle English fourtene, Old English fēowertēne. See four, -teen
Example Sentences
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In total, researchers combined results from fourteen systematic reviews conducted between 2014 and 2023, making the evidence easier to interpret and compare.
From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026
Among fourteen civilians killed in the Gulf since the conflict began, according to an AFP tally, eight were foreign nationals from Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and India.
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026
Not many hours later on Saturday, these bets were closed out for a profit of $409,882, around fourteen times the original stake money.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 5, 2026
The ChatGPT-maker also expects to burn through roughly fourteen times as much cash than Anthropic before turning a profit in 2030.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025
His sentence was later commuted to life in prison and then reduced to fourteen years.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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