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Word entry · 4 letters

four

Best crossword clue

"Quartet count"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /foɹ/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted foruStarts with FEnds with R3 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. The number after three and before five.

Word origin

From Middle English four, from Old English fēower, from Proto-West Germanic *feuwar, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from previous pre-Grimm *petwṓr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of *kʷetwóres. Doublet of cuatro and quatre.

Used in a sentence

  • There are four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter.
  • Venters began to count them—one—two—three—four—on up to sixteen.
  • Redding’s study asked four psychologists with expertise in anxiety and depressive disorders to rate each self-help book on five criteria: […]

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Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues

01Quartet count4 letters
02Two plus two4 letters
03Number after three4 letters

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