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fourteen [number]

The number 14

US /ˌfɔːrˈtiːn/ 
UK /ˌfɔːˈtiːn/ 
Example: 

Her baby is fourteen months old.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

fourteen

 number
14

>> fourteenth pronoun, adjective, adverb 14th

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

fourteen

fourteen /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).

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

fourteen

four·teen [fourteen fourteens]   [ˌfɔːˈtiːn]    [ˌfɔːrˈtiːn]  number
14
Derived Word: fourteenth  
Word Origin:

Old English fēowertīene (from four  and -teen).

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

fourteen / ˌfɔːˈtiːn /   / ˌfɔːr- / number

A1 the number 14:

Her baby is fourteen months old.

Luisa is going to be fourteen next month.

Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

fourteen

[fɔ͟ː(r)ti͟ːn]
 
 NUM

 Fourteen is the number 14.
  I'm fourteen years old.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

fourteen

four·teen /foɚˈtiːn/ noun, pl -teens [count] : the number 14
- fourteen adj
fourteen days
- fourteen pronoun
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
- fourteenth adj
• I finished (the race) in fourteenth place.
- fourteenth adv
• I finished fourteenth in the race.
• the nation's fourteenth largest city