four

four

noun \fȯr\

Definition of FOUR

1

: a number that is one more than three — see number table

2

: the fourth in a set or series <the four of hearts>

3

: something having four units or members: as

a : a 4-oared racing shell or its crew

b : a 4-cylinder engine or automobile

— four adjective

— four pronoun, plural in construction

Examples of FOUR

1. “What time is it?” “It's four.”
2. I leave each day at four.

Origin of FOUR

Middle English, from four adjective, from Old English fēower; akin to Old High German fior four, Latin quattuor, Greek tessares, tettares

First Known Use: before 12th century

Other Number-Related Terms

jubilee, myriad, quarantine, score, twain

Rhymes with FOUR

boar, Boer, bore, chore, cor, core, corps, crore, door, floor, for, fore, frore, gore, Gore, hoar, lore, mor, more, nor, o'er, oar, or, ore, poor, pore, pour, roar, score, shore, snore, soar, sore, splore, spoor, spore, store, Thor, tor, torr, war, whore, yore, your