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four

/foɹ/ noun C2
  1. The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof. (countable)
  2. Anything measuring four units, as length. (countable) · Do you have any more fours? I want to make this a little taller.
  3. Four o'clock. (countable, uncountable)
  4. A person who is four years old. (countable, uncountable) · I'll take the threes, fours and fives and go to the playground.
  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. (countable)
  6. A power forward. (countable)
  7. The shell itself. (countable, uncountable) · The team bought a new four last season.
  8. The crew rowing in a four boat. (countable, uncountable) · Our four won both races.

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A SHEPHERD-BOY, who watched a flock of sheep near a village, brought out the villagers three or four times by crying out, “Wolf!
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 19 · B2
There were only four witches in all the Land of Oz, and two of them, those who live in the North and the South, are good witches.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 8 · B2
Run to Torlonia, draw from him instantly four thousand piastres, and give them to the bearer.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 393 · C1
He fastened it together with wooden pegs and made the four wheels out of short pieces of a big tree trunk.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 54 · B2

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