fourteen

American  

[fawr-teen, fohr-] / ˈfɔrˈtin, ˈfoʊr- /

noun

1. a cardinal number, ten plus four.

2. a symbol for this number, as 14 or XIV.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

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adjective

1. amounting to 14 in number.

fourteen British  

/ ˈfɔːˈtiːn /

noun

1. the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and four

2. a numeral, 14, XIV, etc, representing this number

3. something represented by, representing, or consisting of 14 units

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determiner

1. 1. amounting to fourteen

      fourteen cats

   2. ( as pronoun )

      the fourteen who remained

Etymology

Origin of fourteen

before 950; Middle English fourtene, Old English fēowertēne. See four, -teen

Example Sentences

“Our house,” he tells a new acquaintance, “has been in Mom’s family for a hundred and fourteen years.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The ChatGPT-maker also expects to burn through roughly fourteen times as much cash than Anthropic before turning a profit in 2030.

From The Wall Street Journal

"I wasn't a multimillionaire at fourteen. I lived in poverty while writing the book that made Emma famous," she added.

From BBC

Jones has spent the past fourteen months as Rachel Reeves's second in command.

From BBC

She admitted the Tories were working to "rebuild the public trust" after a "serious defeat" in the 2024 General Election, which saw the Tories lose all fourteen of their Welsh seats in Westminster.

From BBC