Fourteen Points

plural noun

1. the principles expounded by President Wilson in 1918 as war aims of the US

Fourteen Points

1. Fourteen goals of the United States in the peace negotiations after World War I . President Woodrow Wilson announced the Fourteen Points to Congress in early 1918. They included public negotiations between nations, freedom of navigation, free trade , self-determination for several nations involved in the war, and the establishment of an association of nations to keep the peace. The “association of nations” Wilson mentioned became the League of Nations . ( See also Treaty of Versailles .)

Example Sentences

Fourteen points is the closest a Northern California team has gotten.

From Los Angeles Times

“Again, it doesn’t matter if you end up on the winning side of it, but eventually it does. Three football games we lost, we all lost in the fourth quarter. Seventeen points per game in the fourth quarter our final three ballgames. Seventeen points per game. That’s a statement. Fourteen points per game on the road in the fourth quarter. It’s very hard to be statistically very good, and it’s hard to win football games, and somehow we did. That’s something that, believe me, the message is being delivered.”

From Los Angeles Times

Actual result: Shapiro won by fourteen points.

From Slate

Back and forth the bull tossed his great palmated antlers, branching to fourteen points and embracing seven feet within the tips.

From Literature

In 1918, President Woodrow Wilson outlined his Fourteen Points for lasting peace after World War I. Mississippi became the first state to ratify the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, which established Prohibition.

From Washington Times