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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun foursome has 2 senses
- foursome(n = noun.group) quartet, quartette - four people considered as a unit; "he joined a barbershop quartet"; "the foursome teed off before 9 a.m." is a kind of assemblage, gathering
- foursome(n = noun.quantity) 4, four, iv, little joe, quadruplet, quartet, quatern, quaternary, quaternion, quaternity, tetrad - the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one; Array is a kind of digit, figure
has particulars: quadrumvirate
CIDE DICTIONARY
foursome, a. [Four + 2d -some.].
Consisting of four; requiring four participants. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
foursome, n.
- A game between four players, with two on each side and each side playing but one ball, the partners striking alternately. It is called a
mixed foursome when each side consists of a man and a woman. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] - A group of four people or objects; as, we need another player to make a foursome for bridge. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
foursome, n.
1 a group of four persons.
2 a golf match between two pairs with partners playing the same ball.
1 a group of four persons.
2 a golf match between two pairs with partners playing the same ball.
THESAURUS
foursome
Little Joe, biquadrate, bout, contest, decathlon, double-header, doubles, event, four, four-part diaphony, game, games of chance, go, match, meet, pentathlon, play, play-off, quad, quadrangle, quadrature, quadrennium, quadrilateral, quadrille, quadrinomial, quadruplet, quartet, quatern, quaternary, quaternion, quaternity, quatrefoil, race, rectangle, runoff, singles, sport, square, square dance, squaring, tetrad, tetragon, tetragram, tetragrammaton, tetrahedron, tetralogy, tetraphony, tetrapody, threesome, twosome
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