What does fourteen mean?

Definitions for fourteen
ˈfɔrˈtin, ˈfoʊr-four·teen

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. fourteen, 14, XIVadjective

    the cardinal number that is the sum of thirteen and one

  2. fourteen, 14, xivadjective

    being one more than thirteen

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Fourteenadjective

    Four and ten; twice seven.

    Etymology: feowertyn, Saxon.

    She says I am not fourteen pence on the score for sheer ale. William Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew.

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  1. fourteen

    Fourteen is the natural number following thirteen and preceding fifteen. It is an even number that represents the quantity consisting of 14 items or units. In Roman numerals, it is referred to as XIV.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Fourteenadjective

    four and ten more; twice seven

  2. Fourteennoun

    the sum of ten and four; forteen units or objects

  3. Fourteennoun

    a symbol representing fourteen, as 14 or xiv

  4. Etymology: [OE. fourtene, feowertene, AS. fewertne, fewertne. See Four, and Ten, and cf. Forty.]

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  1. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'fourteen' in Written Corpus Frequency: #763

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of fourteen in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of fourteen in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of fourteen in a Sentence

  1. Mark Twain:

    When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.

  2. Amy Jeffress:

    We have been working with the UK authorities in an effort to resolve this matter, this was an accident, and a criminal prosecution with a potential penalty of fourteen years imprisonment is simply not a proportionate response. We have been in contact with the UK authorities about ways in which Anne Sacoolas could assist with preventing accidents like this from happening in the future, as well as Anne Sacoolas desire to honor Harry's memory. We will continue that dialogue in an effort to move forward from this terrible tragedy. But Anne Sacoolas will not return voluntarily to the United Kingdom to face a potential jail sentence for what was a terrible but unintentional accident.

  3. Arthur Miller:

    Look, we're all the same; a man is a fourteen-room house --in the bedroom he's asleep with his intelligent wife, in the living-room he's rolling around with some bareass girl, in the library he's paying his taxes, in the yard he's raising tomatoes, and in the cellar he's making a bomb to blow it all up.

  4. Don Felder:

    For every album we worked on, I brought in reels of tape of somewhere between fourteen and eighteen songs - some of them completed, with lyrics and melodies, some of them basic tracks. Things came out of those products. Like, for 'Hotel California', I think I had a reel with sixteen songs on it.

  5. Rickie Fowler:

    Fourteen cost me a good shot to get in good position in the clubhouse, there are a couple swings I ’d like to have back.

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