Fourteen (adjective)

  1. Being one more than thirteen.
  2. Being a quantity of fourteen.

Origin:

From middle english fourten, from old english fēowertēne ("fourteen"), from proto-germanic *fedworteinaz (compare dutch veertien, german vierzehn), from proto-indo-european *kwetwór ("four") + *-dwe(n) (compare latin quattuordecim, sanskrit चतुर्दश (caturdaśa, "fourteen")).

Examples:

  1. Fourteen is the number after thirteen.
  2. He was fourteen years old.
  3. The bus had fourteen passengers.
  4. The team has fourteen players.
  5. She was fourteen weeks pregnant.
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