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noun
A group of four, a quartet or a game (such as golf) played by four players, especially by two teams of two.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A sex act between four people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
four people considered as a unit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: quartet, quartette
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gathering, assemblage
Narrower terms: quadrumvirate
noun
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: four, 4, IV, tetrad, quatern, quaternion, quaternary, quaternity, quartet, quadruplet, Little Joe
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: digit, figure
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kwetwṓr Proto-Germanic *fedwōr Proto-West Germanic *feuwar Old English fēower Middle English four English four English -some English foursome From four + -some.
Across languages
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
