fourteen
number / determiner and pronoun (fourteen); noun (a fourteen — rare)
Everyday
The number 14: ten plus four, one more than thirteen. tree →
In the lessons
In maths: 14 = 10 + 4 = 2 × 7; it is even, not prime; its factors are 1, 2, 7 and 14. Two weeks have fourteen days (a fortnight). Fourteen is a teen number. Ordinal: fourteenth (14th).
Examples
- There are fourteen children in my group. tree →
- Seven times two is fourteen. tree →
- My big sister is fourteen years old. tree →
- A fortnight is fourteen days. tree →
- The bus number fourteen goes to the library. tree →
- Fourteen minus five equals nine. tree →
- We need fourteen chairs for the party. tree →
- Thus time went on, till Balna's son was fourteen years old. tree →
Note
Spelling: fourteen keeps the u of «four», but «forty» (40) has no u — a common trap. Stress: four-TEEN when counting alone; listen carefully to tell fourteen (14) from forty (40). Ordinal: fourteenth. In a word problem «fourteen each» means 14 for every one.
In Jewish tradition
In maths: 14 = 10 + 4 = 2 × 7; it is even, not prime; its factors are 1, 2, 7 and 14. Two weeks have fourteen days (a fortnight). Fourteen is a teen number. Ordinal: fourteenth (14th).
Examples
- and a several tenth part for every lamb of the fourteen lambs; (Torah NUM.29.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob; all the souls were fourteen. (Torah GEN.46.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- and his host, and those that were numbered of them, threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred; (Torah NUM.2.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. (Writings 1CH.25.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- and Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, with Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages. (Prophets JOS.15.36, JPS 1917) tree →
- and Zela, Eleph, and the Jebusite — the same is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. (Prophets JOS.18.28, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
Spelling: fourteen keeps the u of «four», but «forty» (40) has no u — a common trap. Stress: four-TEEN when counting alone; listen carefully to tell fourteen (14) from forty (40). Ordinal: fourteenth. In a word problem «fourteen each» means 14 for every one.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «fourteen» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «fourteen» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «fourteen» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «fourteen» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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