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fourteen

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four·teen  (fôr-tn, fr-)
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 fowertne; see kwetwer- in Indo-European roots.]

four·teen adj. & pron.

fourteen
Noun
1. the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and four
2. a numeral, 14 or XIV, representing this number
3. something representing or consisting of 14 units
Adjective
amounting to fourteen: fourteen points
fourteenth adjn
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.fourteenfourteen - the cardinal number that is the sum of thirteen and one
large integer - an integer equal to or greater than ten
Adj.1.fourteenfourteen - being one more than thirteen
cardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers"
Translations
Spanish fourteen [ˈfɔːˈtiːn] numcatorce
French fourteen [ˈfɔːˈtiːn] four numquatorze
German fourteen [ˈfɔːˈtiːn] numvierzehn
Italian fourteen [ˈfɔːtiːn] numquattordici

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And, remembering, I knew that I was at last a man--despite my meagre fourteen years--a man as big and manly as those two strapping giants who had quarrelled and made up on that memorable Sunday morning of long ago.
But next day (it was in autumn and the nights were already cold) on going out for water he saw the same mother with her son, a pale boy of fourteen, and was met by the same petition.
fourteen be it; fourteen leagues makes seven posts; at twenty sous the post, seven livres; seven livres the courier, fourteen; as many for coming back, twenty-eight
 
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