fourteen
Use Fourteen in a sentence
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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Fourteen
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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fourteen (ˈfɔːˈtiːn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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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Example sentences
Fourteen months of protests created havoc in the flat farmlands of the south-east and south-west, and claimed scores of lives.
It was fourteen years ago that the service manager first suggested dawn-picked corn to his clients.
Employment of minors fourteen or fifteen years of age.
Fourteen remained in the trial and were still using the devices three to four years later, she said at the meeting.
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