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# four

«four» in Mova's school dictionary: **the number 4, one more than three** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

number (four, fours); noun (a four)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Four is the number 4, one more than three. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/four/#m1)

2) A four is the digit 4. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/four/#m2)

3) «On all fours» means on hands and knees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/four/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

an amount; «all four operations» (add, subtract, multiply, divide); in maths a square has 4 sides, a rectangle 4 corners; four seasons; in everyday life «four o'clock», «a four-leaf clover»

### examples

- Student: four pencils [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/four/#x1)
- Today we practise all four operations together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/four/#x2)
- There are four bags with 6 apples in each. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/four/#x3)
- A square has 4 equal sides. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/four/#x4)
- A year has 4 seasons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/four/#x5)
- The baby crawled on all fours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/four/#x6)
- Our team has four players. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/four/#x7)
- Two plus two is four. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/four/#x8)
- He caught four, one of each colour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/four/#x9)

### note

A number word: read it as the digit 4. A year has 4 seasons; a square has 4 sides. Order word «fourth» (4th). Do not mix «four» with «for» (they sound the same). Note the spelling «forty» (40) has no u.

### In the corpora

- [Gorillas and chimps walk on all fours leaning on their knuckles, while orangutans walk on their fists or the sides of their hands.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/16-the-great-apes/11/)
- [Four-square it shall be and double: a span shall be the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.814/)
- [All winged swarming things that go upon all fours are a detestable thing unto you.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.274/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «four» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/four/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.