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four⋅teen

   [fawr-teen, fohr-]
–noun
1. a cardinal number, ten plus four.
2. a symbol for this number, as 14 or XIV.
3. a set of this many persons or things.
–adjective
4. amounting to 14 in number.
Origin:
bef. 950; ME fourtene, OE fēowertēne. See four, -teen
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Spanish: catorce, German: die Vierzehn, Japanese: 14
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four·teen     (fôr-tēn', fōr-)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The cardinal number equal to 13 + 1.
  2. The 14th in a set or sequence.
  3. Something having 14 parts, units, or members.

[Middle English fourtene, from Old English fēowertēne; see kwetwer- in Indo-European roots.]
four·teen' adj. & pron.
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fourteen

adjective
1. being one more than thirteen 

noun
1. the cardinal number that is the sum of thirteen and one 

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Fourteen

Four"teen`\, a. [OE. fourtene, feowertene, AS. fe['o]wert[=y]ne, fe['o]wert[=e]ne. See Four, and Ten, and cf. Forty.] Four and ten more; twice seven.

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Fourteen

Four"teen`\, n. 1. The sum of ten and four; forteen units or objects.

2. A symbol representing fourteen, as 14 or xiv.

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