How do you use the word "four" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "four" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "four": I am four months pregnant. It will be four years before the definite result of beef liberalization emerges.

Four Meaning

/foɹ/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

numA numerical value equal to 4; the number after three and before five; two plus two. This many dots (••••)

numDescribing a set or group with four elements.

Sentence Examples

I am four months pregnant.

It will be four years before the definite result of beef liberalization emerges.

The design is based on four configurations of squares.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

cardinal quartet

Antonyms:

ordinal

CEFR Practice Quiz

There are ____ seasons in a year.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The table was set for ____ people, with elegant plates and polished silver cutlery.

Word Origin & History

PIE word *kʷetwóres Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr Proto-Germanic *fedwōr Proto-West Germanic *feuwar Old English fēower Middle English four English four From Middle English four, from Old English fēower, from Proto-West Germanic *feuwar, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from previous pre-Grimm *petwṓr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of *kʷetwóres. Doublet of cuatro and quatre. Cognates include Scots fower, Saterland Frisian fjauer, West Frisian fjouwer, Dutch vier, German Low German veer, German vier, Norwegian Bokmål and Danish fire, Swedish fyra, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂 (fidwōr) and, more distantly, Latin quattuor (whence Spanish cuatro, French quatre), Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares), Irish ceathair, Welsh pedwar, Armenian չորս (čʻors), Lithuanian keturi, Albanian katër, Sanskrit चतुर् (catur).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Venters began to count them—one—two—three—four—on up to sixteen." — 1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 8, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC:

"Redding’s study asked four psychologists with expertise in anxiety and depressive disorders to rate each self-help book on five criteria: […]" — 2019 May 2, Nina Avramova, “When you should use self-help programs and when to skip them”, in CNN, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2025:

"Letters to Sheffield are despatched every morning at six, and arrive every afternoon at ten minutes past four." — 1828, Pigot and Co.'s National Commercial Directory for 1828-9, Comprising a Directory of the Merchants, Bankers, Professional Gentleman … in the Counties of Cheshire, Cumberland …, London; Manchester: J. Pigot & Co., page 767:

"Frederick, I presume, at this late hour of four, may be snatching a morsel of dinner; […]" — 1865, Thomas Carlyle, chapter IX, in History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, volume VI, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:

"The larger ships picked up the low lying atoll on their radar about four in the morning at distances from 16 to 26 miles." — 1972, George Carroll Dyer, chapter XVII, in The Amphibians Came to Conquer: The Story of Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner, volume 2, U.S. Marine Corps, →OL, page 657:

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