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FOUR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows four pips
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("four" is a kind of...):
dice; die (a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers)
domino (a small rectangular block used in playing the game of dominoes; the face of each block has two equal areas that can bear 0 to 6 dots)
spot (a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
Synonyms:
4; four; foursome; IV; Little Joe; quadruplet; quartet; quatern; quaternary; quaternion; quaternity; tetrad
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("four" is a kind of...):
digit; figure (one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being one more than three
Synonyms:
4; four; iv
Classified under:
Similar:
cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)
Context examples:
It stood back from the road, half hidden among the trees, through which glimpses could be caught of the wide cool veranda that ran around its four sides.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
“All hands aboard by four this afternoon,” shouted the squire after him.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Between two and three in the morning the moon rose; and I then, putting my basket aboard a little skiff, sailed out about four miles from the shore.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
The C-terminal half contains a SH2 and four SH3 binding motifs and may regulate nuclear localization.
(MLN51 Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
Four connected cavities (hollow spaces) in the brain.
(Murine Ventricles, Brain, NCI Thesaurus)
A dose calculation unit expressed in milliliter(s) per square meter per period of time equal to twenty-four hours.
(Milliliter per Square Meter per Day, NCI Thesaurus)
A dose calculation unit expressed in milliliter(s) per kilogram per period of time equal to twenty-four hours.
(Milliliter per Kilogram per Day, NCI Thesaurus)
A dose calculation unit expressed in milliliter(s) per gram per period of time equal to twenty-four hours.
(Milliliter per Gram per Day, NCI Thesaurus)
A regional lymph node TNM finding indicating that there is metastasis to four or more nodes.
(N1bII Stage Finding, NCI Thesaurus)
A self-limited skin rash that appears in the neonatal period and usually resolves in four to six months after birth.
(Neonatal Lupus Erythematosus, NCI Thesaurus)
