four

  1. Cardinal number.  (cardinal) A numerical value equal to 4; the number after three and before five; two plus two. This many dots (••••).
  2. Cardinal number.  Describing a set or group with four components.
  3. Noun.  (countable) The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.
  4. Noun.  (countable) Anything measuring four units, as length.
  5. Noun.  A person who is fours years old.
  6. Noun.  (cricket, countable) An event whereby a batsman hits a ball which bounces on the ground before passing over a boundary in the air, 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.
  7. Noun.  (context, rowing) Quadruple sculls.
  8. Noun.  (obsolete) A four-pennyworth of spirits.

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