Fourteens'
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.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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| —n | |
| 1. | the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and four |
| 2. | a numeral, 14, XIV, etc, representing this number |
| 3. | something represented by, representing, or consisting of 14 units |
| —determiner | |
| 4. | a. amounting to fourteen: fourteen cats |
| b. (as pronoun): the fourteen who remained | |
| [Old English fēowertīene] | |
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