four
[noun]
Synonyms: quartet, foursome, quartetto, quaternion, quatuor, tetrad

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four /fɔː $ fɔːr/ number, noun
[Language: Old English; Origin: feower]

1. the number 4:
She is married with four children.
They arrived just after four (=four o'clock).
Luke will soon be four (=four years old).

2. on all fours supporting your body with your hands and knees:
He was down on all fours playing with the puppy.

3. in fours in groups of four people or things:
The boxes were stacked in fours. ⇒ foursome

4. [countable] a hit in cricket that scores four runs because it goes over the edge of the playing area

5. [countable] a team of four people who row a racing boat, or the boat that they row

6. the four corners of the Earth/world literary places or countries that are very far away from each other:
People from the four corners of the world have come to Ontario to make it their home.
⇒ four ply at ply²

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

four
fɔ:
See: hit on all four , on all fours

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