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[ fawr-teen, fohr- ] / ˈfɔrˈtin, ˈfoʊr- /
nouna cardinal number, ten plus four. a symbol for this number, as 14 or XIV. a set of this many persons or things. adjectiveamounting to 14 in number. Origin of fourteenbefore 950; Middle English fourtene,Old English fēowertēne.See four, -teen Words nearby fourteenfour-spot, foursquare, four-star, four-striper, four-stroke, fourteen, fourteener, Fourteen Points, fourteenth, Fourteenth Amendment, fourth Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for fourteenFourteen years this woman had spent with Rigondeaux before he escaped. The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind|Brin-Jonathan Butler|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST You can find fourteen of these copper creations, all initially containing 3,900 liters of liquid apiece, on the Macallan estate. When It Comes to Great Whisky, The Size of Your Still Matters||December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST Fourteen years on, the wooden stairs and ceiling are still charred, and the walls are studded with clusters of bullet holes. ‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis|Nina Strochlic|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST The first machine, the 914—so called because it could copy on paper nine inches by fourteen inches—was a complex, clunky beast. Pioneers in Printing|The Daily Beast|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Mooney quickly inflated his life raft, sent out an SOS signal and drifted for fourteen days before he was rescued. Victor Mooney’s Epic Adventure for His Dead Brother|Justin Jones|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST There was no one left at home that day but a girl fourteen years old and her four younger brothers. Once Upon A Time In Connecticut|Caroline Clifford Newton That elephant an me has been side-partners for fourteen years, an here you come between us. With a band of relatives he invaded the convent, but neither abuse nor blows could subdue this child of fourteen. Life of St. Francis of Assisi|Paul Sabatier A man of seventy and a boy of fourteen were running for the forest. The Scouts of the Valley|Joseph A. Altsheler Like Laura, aged fourteen, I had taken a shorter voyage on a poorer ship, and I had decided that this would be different. The Ship Dwellers|Albert Bigelow Paine
British Dictionary definitions for fourteen
nounthe cardinal number that is the sum of ten and four a numeral, 14, XIV, etc, representing this number something represented by, representing, or consisting of 14 units determiner- amounting to fourteenfourteen cats
- (as pronoun)the fourteen who remained
Word Origin for fourteenOld English fēowertīene Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |