four

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Num

1. A numerical value equal to 4; the number after three and before five; two plus two. This many dots (••••)
2. Describing a set or group with four elements.

Noun

1. The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.
2. Anything measuring four units, as length.
3. Four o'clock.
4. A person who is four years old.
5. An event in which the batsmen run four times between the wickets or, more often, a batsman hits a ball which bounces on the ground before passing over a boundary, resulting in an award of 4 runs for the batting team. If the ball does not bounce before passing over the boundary, a six is awarded instead.
6. A power forward.
7. Four-man sweep racing shell, with or without a coxswain.
8. Four-man sweep racing shell, with or without a coxswain.
9. (colloquial) Four-man sweep racing shell, with or without a coxswain.
10. (obsolete) A four-pennyworth of spirits.

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/fɔː/

Etimologia

From Middle English four, from Old English fēower, from Proto-West Germanic *feuwar, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from previous pre-Grimm *petwṓr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of *kʷetwóres. Doublet of cuatro and quatre.
Cognates include Scots fower, Saterland Frisian fjauer, West Frisian fjouwer, Dutch vier, German Low German veer, German vier, Norwegian Bokmål and Danish fire, Swedish fyra, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂 (fidwōr) and, more distantly, Latin quattuor (whence Spanish cuatro, French quatre), Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares), Irish ceathair, Armenian չորս (čʻors), Lithuanian keturi, Albanian katër, Sanskrit चतुर् (catur).

Frasi

They finished fourth out of four teams .

Hanno finito il quarto su quattro squadre.

Four sailors died instantly and another two were lost overboard .

Quattro marinai morirono all'istante e altri due furono persi in mare.

When he was four weeks old , his family relocated to Vienna , Austria .

Quando aveva quattro settimane, la sua famiglia si trasferì a Vienna, in Austria.

San Juan County borders Arizona , Colorado , and New Mexico at the Four Corners .

La contea di San Juan confina con Arizona, Colorado e New Mexico ai Four Corners.

By observing these subjects , Johnson helped Masters identify the four stages of sexual response .

Osservando questi argomenti, Johnson ha aiutato Masters a identificare le quattro fasi della risposta sessuale.

Krantz was married four times and divorced thrice .

Krantz è stato sposato quattro volte e ha divorziato tre volte.

The same four demons appear in the "Semiphoras and Schemhamforas".

Gli stessi quattro demoni compaiono nei "Semiphoras e Schemhamforas".

The four regiments formed four battalions , retaining their previous names in the titles .

I quattro reggimenti hanno formato quattro battaglioni, mantenendo i loro nomi precedenti nei titoli.