FOURSOME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does foursome mean? 

• FOURSOME (noun)
  The noun FOURSOME has 2 senses:

1. four people considered as a unit

2. the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

  Familiarity information: FOURSOME used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOURSOME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Four people considered as a unit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

foursome; quartet; quartette

Context example:

the foursome teed off before 9 a.m.

Hypernyms ("foursome" is a kind of...):

assemblage; gathering (a group of persons together in one place)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "foursome"):

quadrumvirate (a group of four men)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

4; four; foursome; IV; Little Joe; quadruplet; quartet; quatern; quaternary; quaternion; quaternity; tetrad

Hypernyms ("foursome" is a kind of...):

digit; figure (one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration)