EGAVE

four

About 213.60 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun NATO & ICAO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the digit 4.
  2. numeral A numerical value equal to 4; the number following three and preceding five.
    There are four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter.
  3. numeral Describing a set or group with four elements.
  4. noun The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.
  5. noun Anything measuring four units, as length.
    Do you have any more fours? I want to make this a little taller.
  6. noun Four o'clock.
  7. noun A person who is four years old.
    I'll take the threes, fours and fives and go to the playground.
  8. noun 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.

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Word family

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