four‧teen /ˌfɔːˈtiːn◂ $ ˌfɔːr-/ BrE AmE number
[Language: Old English; Origin: feowertiene, from feower 'four' + tien 'ten']
the number 14:
He used to work fourteen hours a day.
I started playing the guitar when I was fourteen (=14 years old). —fourteenth adjective, pronoun:
in the fourteenth century
my fourteenth birthday
I’m planning to leave on the fourteenth(=the 14th day of the month).
four·teen /foɚˈtiːn/ noun, pl-teens[count] : the number 14
- fourteenadj • fourteen days
- fourteenpronoun • Fourteen (of them) are gone.
- four·teenth /foɚˈtiːnɵ/ noun, pl-teenths[count] • The bill is due on the fourteenth (of the month). • one fourteenth of the total
- fourteenthadj • I finished (the race) in fourteenth place.
- fourteenthadv • I finished fourteenth in the race. • the nation's fourteenth largest city
