fourteen
part of speech
number / determiner and pronoun (fourteen); noun (a fourteen — rare)
meaning for a pupil
The number 14: ten plus four, one more than thirteen. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths: 14 = 10 + 4 = 2 × 7; it is even, not prime; its factors are 1, 2, 7 and 14. Two weeks have fourteen days (a fortnight). Fourteen is a teen number. Ordinal: fourteenth (14th).
examples
- and a several tenth part for every lamb of the fourteen lambs; (Torah NUM.29.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob; all the souls were fourteen. (Torah GEN.46.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- and his host, and those that were numbered of them, threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred; (Torah NUM.2.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. (Writings 1CH.25.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- and Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, with Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages. (Prophets JOS.15.36, JPS 1917) tree →
- and Zela, Eleph, and the Jebusite — the same is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. (Prophets JOS.18.28, JPS 1917) tree →
- There are fourteen children in my group. tree →
- Seven times two is fourteen. tree →
- My big sister is fourteen years old. tree →
- A fortnight is fourteen days. tree →
- The bus number fourteen goes to the library. tree →
- Fourteen minus five equals nine. tree →
- We need fourteen chairs for the party. tree →
- Thus time went on, till Balna's son was fourteen years old. tree →
note
Spelling: fourteen keeps the u of «four», but «forty» (40) has no u — a common trap. Stress: four-TEEN when counting alone; listen carefully to tell fourteen (14) from forty (40). Ordinal: fourteenth. In a word problem «fourteen each» means 14 for every one.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «fourteen» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.