Four

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Four \Four\ (f[=o]r), a. [OE. four, fower, feower, AS.
     fe['o]wer; akin to OS. fiwar, D. & G. vier, OHG. fior, Icel.
     fj[=o]rir, Sw. fyra, Dan. fire, Goth. fidw[=o]r, Russ.
     chetuire, chetvero, W. pedwar, L. quatuor, Gr. te`ttares,
     te`ssares, pi`syres, Skr. catur. [root]302. Cf. {Farthing},
     {Firkin}, {Forty}, {Cater} four, {Quater-cousin}, {Quatuor},


     {Quire} of paper, {tetrarch}.]
     One more than three; twice two.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Four \Four\, n.
     1. The sum of four units; four units or objects.
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     2. A symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv.
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     3. Four things of the same kind, esp. four horses; as, a
        chariot and four.
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     {All fours}. See {All fours}, in the Vocabulary. Fourb

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  four
       adj : being one more than three [syn: {4}, {iv}]
       n : the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one [syn: {4},
            {IV}, {tetrad}, {quatern}, {quaternion}, {quaternary}, {quaternity},
            {quartet}, {quadruplet}, {foursome}, {Little Joe}]