Definitions for fourfɔr, foʊr

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

fourfɔr, foʊr(n.)

a cardinal number, three plus one.
a symbol of this number, 4 or IV or IIII.
a set of this many persons or things.
an automobile powered by a four-cylinder engine. the engine itself.
Category: Common Vocabulary, Automotive
(adj.)amounting to four in number.

Origin of four:

bef. 1000; ME four, fower, OE fēower; c. OS fi(u)war, OHG fior , Go fidwor

Princeton's WordNet

four, 4, IV, tetrad, quatern, quaternion, quaternary, quaternity, quartet, quadruplet, foursome, Little Joe(noun)
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
four-spot, four(adj)
a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows four pips
four, 4, iv(adj)
being one more than three

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

fourɔr, foʊr
the number 4
We have four dogs.

Wiktionary

four(Noun)
The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.
four(Noun)
Anything measuring four units, as length.
Do you have any more fours? I want to make this a little taller.
four(Noun)
A person who is fours years old.
I'll take the threes, fours and fives and go to the playground.
four(Noun)
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.
four(Noun)
Quadruple sculls.
four(Noun)
A four-pennyworth of spirits.

Origin: fower, from feower, from fedwōr, from kʷetwóres. Cognate with German vier, Gothic 034603390333034503490342, Ancient Greek , Latin quattuor (French quatre, Portuguese quatro), Old Norse fjórir (Danish fire), Russian четыре, Sanskrit चतुर्.

Webster Dictionary

Four(adj)
one more than three; twice two
Four(noun)
the sum of four units; four units or objects
Four(noun)
a symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv
Four(noun)
four things of the same kind, esp. four horses; as, a chariot and four