Definition of forteen
1. fourteen [ a ] being one more than thirteen
Used in print:(The New York Times,...)
A formula to supply players for the new Minneapolis_Vikings and the problem of increasing the 1961 schedule to fourteen games will be discussed by National_Football_League owners at a meeting at the Hotel_Warwick today .
The owners would_like each club in the fourteen team league to play a home and home series with teams in its division , plus two games against teams in the other division .
However , this would require a lengthening of the season from thirteen to fourteen weeks .
(Robert L. Duncan, The Voice of Strangers....)
`` No , only fourteen .
(Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)
Max , in a fit of despair , takes Alicia and runs_off for two marvelous weeks in Burbank ( Fink calls it `` the most wonderful and lovely fourteen days in my whole life '' ) , at the end of which Alicia tragically contracts Parkinson's_disease and dies .
Synonyms 14 fourteen xiv Related Terms cardinal2. fourteen [ n ] the cardinal number that is the sum of thirteen and one
Used in print:(S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)
Fourteen of the sculptures you took posses properties of a most curious and terrifying nature , as you will observe when your limbs begin to wither and your hair falls_out in patches .
Synonyms 14 fourteen XIV Related Terms large_integerSimilar Spelling
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