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Definition of fourteen

number

  • equivalent to the product of seven and two; one more than thirteen, or six less than twenty; 14:they had spent fourteen days in solitary confinement all fourteen of us were seated (Roman numeral: xiv or XIV)
  • a size of garment or other merchandise denoted by fourteen.
  • fourteen years old:he left school at fourteen

Derivatives

fourteenth

number

Origin:

Old English fēowertīene (see four, -teen)

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