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four


Definition: Meaning of, four in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / fɔː /

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  1. the number 4
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  2. on all fours supporting your body with your hands and knees
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  3. in fours in groups of four people or things
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  4. [countable] a hit in CRICKET that scores four RUN s because it goes over the edge of the playing area
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  5. [countable] a team of four people who row a racing boat, or the boat that they row
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  6. the four corners of the Earth/world literary places or countries that are very far away from each other
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[written] [informal]
  1. a way of writing "for", used especially in emails and TEXT MESSAGE s
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four used in phrases

  • California four o'clock (noun)
    1. california four o'clock with purple-red flowers
  • Colorado four o'clock (noun)
    1. wildflower having vibrant deep pink tubular evening-blooming flowers; found in sandy and desert areas from southern California to southern Colorado and into Mexico
  • Four Freedoms, the
    1. the four things that US President Franklin ROOSEVELT said were worth fighting for in a speech he made in 1941, before the US entered World War II. They are Freedom of Speech and Expression, Freedom of WORSHIP (= practising your religion), Freedom from WANT (= not having enough food, money, etc), and Freedom from Fear.
  • Four Horsemen (noun)
    1. New Testament the four evils that will come at the end of the world: conquest rides a white horse; war a red horse; famine a black horse; plague a pale horse
  • Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the
    1. in the Bible, four men who ride horses and represent the four things that cause people the greatest pain and suffering, namely war, FAMINE (= lack of food), death, and PESTILENCE (= serious disease)
  • Four Hundred (noun)
    1. the exclusive social set of a city
  • Four Seasons, The
    1. a piece of music by VIVALDI which represents spring, summer, autumn, and winter and is one of the best-known and most popular pieces of CLASSICAL music
  • coach-and-four (noun)
    1. a carriage pulled by four horses with one driver
  • common four-o'clock (noun)
    1. common garden plant of North America having fragrant red, purple, yellow or white flowers that open in late afternoon
  • desert four o'clock (noun)
    1. wildflower having vibrant deep pink tubular evening-blooming flowers; found in sandy and desert areas from southern California to southern Colorado and into Mexico
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