Pronunciations (10)
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/foɹ/
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[foːɾ]
Pronunciation notes
- Scotland
- South-Asia
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[fɔː]
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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[foː]
Pronunciation notes
- Australia
- British
- New-Zealand
- Southern
- Standard
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[foə]
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[foʊ]
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[foː]
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fɔː
Pronunciation notes
- GB
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fɔɹ
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- US
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fo(ː)ɹ
Numeral
A numerical value equal to 4; the number following three and preceding five.
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There are four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter.
Venters began to count them—one—two—three—four—on up to sixteen.
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Redding’s study asked four psychologists with expertise in anxiety and depressive disorders to rate each self-help book on five criteria: […]
Describing a set or group with four elements.
Noun
The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.
Usage- Countable
Anything measuring four units, as length.
Usage- Countable
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Do you have any more fours? I want to make this a little taller.
Four o'clock.
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
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Letters to Sheffield are despatched every morning at six, and arrive every afternoon at ten minutes past four.
Frederick, I presume, at this late hour of four, may be snatching a morsel of dinner; […]
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The larger ships picked up the low lying atoll on their radar about four in the morning at distances from 16 to 26 miles.
A person who is four years old.
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
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I'll take the threes, fours and fives and go to the playground.
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.
Usage- Countable
A power forward.
Usage- Countable
Four-man sweep racing shell, with or without a coxswain. The shell itself.
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
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The team bought a new four last season.
Four-man sweep racing shell, with or without a coxswain. The crew rowing in a four boat.
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
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Our four won both races.
Four-man sweep racing shell, with or without a coxswain. A regatta event for four boats.
Usage- Colloquial
- Countable
- Uncountable
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We got third place in the varsity four.
A four-pennyworth of spirits.
Usage- Countable
- Obsolete
- Uncountable
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I was a-strollin' down, thinkin' between ourselves how uncommon handy a four of gin hot would be, when suddenly the glint of a light caught my eye in the window of that same house.
Adjective
being one more than three
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Noun
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows four pips
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