fourteen

«fourteen» in Mova's school dictionary: The number 14: ten plus four, one more than thirteen — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

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

• 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.