four

«four» in Mova's school dictionary: the number 4, one more than three — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

number (four, fours); noun (a four)

meaning for a pupil

1) Four is the number 4, one more than three. tree →

2) A four is the digit 4. tree →

3) «On all fours» means on hands and knees. tree →

sense in the lessons

an amount; «all four operations» (add, subtract, multiply, divide); in maths a square has 4 sides, a rectangle 4 corners; four seasons; in everyday life «four o'clock», «a four-leaf clover»

examples

• Student: four pencils tree →
• Today we practise all four operations together. tree →
• There are four bags with 6 apples in each. tree →
• A square has 4 equal sides. tree →
• A year has 4 seasons. tree →
• The baby crawled on all fours. tree →
• Our team has four players. tree →
• Two plus two is four. tree →
• He caught four, one of each colour. tree →

note

A number word: read it as the digit 4. A year has 4 seasons; a square has 4 sides. Order word «fourth» (4th). Do not mix «four» with «for» (they sound the same). Note the spelling «forty» (40) has no u.

In the corpora

• Gorillas and chimps walk on all fours leaning on their knuckles, while orangutans walk on their fists or the sides of their hands.
• Four-square it shall be and double: a span shall be the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof.
• All winged swarming things that go upon all fours are a detestable thing unto you.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «four» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.