Word: Fourteen

Pronunciation

/ˌfɔːrˈtiːn/

Definitions

• Numeral: The cardinal number that is the sum of thirteen and one; the number following thirteen, represented in Arabic numerals as ‘14’.

Examples

• Numeral: “There were fourteen people at the dinner party last night.”
• “She celebrated her fourteenth birthday with a big bash.”

Phrases

• “Fourteen days” refers to a duration of two weeks.
• “Sweet Sixteen, but she’s only fourteen” - This phrase implies someone has not yet reached the age of sixteen, though it is culturally significant (in some countries) as a coming-of-age milestone.

Example Sentences

• Numeral: “We need fourteen chairs for the guests to sit.”
• “The basketball team had a fourteen-point lead in the final quarter.”

Synonyms

• 14
• XIV (Roman numeral)
• Fourteen in words (for expressing numbers in writing)

Note: As “fourteen” is a numeral, it doesn’t fit the same pattern of providing different parts of speech like verbs or adjectives, since numerals primarily function to denote quantity or count. However, they can be used within sentences as nouns (countable) or adjectives (attributive).