To save this word, you’ll need to log in. I leave each day at four. The big four who top the list are symbols of the change: 1. Most cotton mask companies sell their four and twenty aussie pies in India in packs of threes and fours.

Angry homebuilders mailed chunks of two-by-fours to the Fed’s marble headquarters in Washington. Margaret Roach, New York Times, 24 Apr. Hold for a few seconds and place back down to all-fours position. After college at Indiana, Neff went into coaching and led Terre Haute South to three consecutive final fours.

Kyle Neddenriep, Indianapolis Star, 7 Apr. Lumber futures have plummeted of late, and mills are dramatically dialing back production of two-by-fours, plywood and other building materials. For instance, the first time is by twos, then by threes, then by fours. Jamie Kiffel-alcheh, National Geographic, 19 Mar. These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word ‘four. Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors.

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This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 January 2023. This article is about the number. For the year, see AD 4. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. Four is the smallest composite number, its proper divisors being 1 and 2.

By consequence, four is the only square one more than a prime number, specifically three. Each natural number divisible by 4 is a difference of squares of two natural numbers, i. A number is a multiple of 4 if its last two digits are a multiple of 4. Lagrange’s four-square theorem states that every positive integer can be written as the sum of at most four square numbers.