FOUR HUNDRED

Meaning of FOUR HUNDRED in English

■ noun US the social elite of a community.

Origin

C19: from Ward McAllister's remark ‘There are only 400 people in New York that one really knows’.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

FOUR HUNDRED — or 400 noun Date: 1888 the exclusive social set of a community
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FOUR HUNDRED — noun or 400 Usage: usually capitalized F&H Etymology: so called from the idea that a social elite must necessarily be …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOUR HUNDRED — the exclusive social set of a city or area. Also, 400. [ 1885-90, Amer.; allegedly after the capacity of the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FOUR HUNDRED — or 400 Date: 1888 : the exclusive social set of a community — used with the
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FOUR HUNDRED — Variant: or 400 Function: noun Date: 1888 : the exclusive social set of a community ― used with the
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
FOUR HUNDRED — [Four Hundred] or 400 n (1888): the exclusive social set of a community--used with the
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FOUR HUNDRED — (the *) (американизм) четыреста богатейших семейств страны
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FOUR HUNDRED — (the *) (американизм) четыреста богатейших семейств страны
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FOUR HUNDRED — Четыреста
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
FOUR HUNDRED — Элита
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
FOUR HUNDRED — (the Four Hundred) амер. четыреста богатейших семейств страны
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FOUR HUNDRED — (the ~) амер. четыреста богатейших семейств страны
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
FOUR HUNDRED — (the Four Hundred) амер. четыреста богатейших семейств страны
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FOUR HUNDRED — "Четыре сотни" Высшая аристократия г. Нью-Йорка. В интервью газете "Нью-Йорк трибюн" [New York Tribune] в 1893 У. Макаллистер [McAllister, (Samuel) Ward] …
FOUR HUNDRED — "Четыре сотни" Высшая аристократия г. Нью-Йорка. В интервью газете "Нью-Йорк трибюн" [New York Tribune] в 1893 У. Макаллистер [McAllister, (Samuel) …
FOUR HUNDRED — (the *) (американизм) четыреста богатейших семейств страны
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
FOUR HUNDRED — (the *) (американизм) четыреста богатейших семейств страны
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HUNDRED — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) {{link=Hundred Days">Hundred Days Hundred Years' War
Английский словарь Британика
FOUR — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Four Books Four Freedoms Four Horsemen Four Hundred Council of the Four Noble Truths …
Английский словарь Британика
HUNDRED — I. ˈhəndrə̇d, ÷ -ndə(r)d, rapid -nə(r)d, dial or substand -nə(r)t noun ( plural hundreds or hundred ) Etymology: Middle English, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOUR — I. ˈfō(ə)r, -ȯ(ə)r, -ōə, -ȯ(ə) adjective Etymology: Middle English four, foure, from Old English fēower; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HUNDRED — (a.) Ten times ten; five score; as, a hundred dollars.
Английский словарь Webster
HUNDRED — (n.) A division of a country in England, supposed to have originally contained a hundred families, or freemen.
Английский словарь Webster
FOUR — (n.) Four things of the same kind, esp. four horses; as, a chariot and four.
Английский словарь Webster
FOUR — (n.) A symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv.
Английский словарь Webster
FOUR — (n.) The sum of four units; four units or objects.
Английский словарь Webster
FOUR — ( n. ) The sum of four units; four units or objects.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FOUR — ( n. ) Four things of the same kind, esp. four horses; as, a chariot and four.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FOUR — ( n. ) A symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HUNDRED — /hun"drid/ , n. , pl. hundreds , ( as after a numeral ) hundred , adj. n. 1. a cardinal …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FOUR — /fawr, fohr/ , n. 1. a cardinal number, three plus one. 2. a symbol of this number, 4 or IV …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HUNDRED — noun ( plural hundreds or hundred ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from hund hundred + -red (akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FOUR — noun Etymology: Middle English, from four adjective, from Old English fēower; akin to Old High German fior four, Latin quattuor, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HUNDRED — adj ten times ten; five score; as, a hundred dollars. 2. hundred ·noun a division of a country in england, …
Webster English vocab
FOUR — adj one more than three; twice two. 2. four ·noun a symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv. 3. …
Webster English vocab
HUNDRED — [hun.dred] n, pl hundreds or hundred [ME, fr. OE, fr. hund hundred + -red (akin to Goth rathjo account, number); …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FOUR — [four] n [ME, fr. four adj., fr. OE feower; akin to OHG fior four, L quattuor, Gk tessares, tettares] (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HUNDRED — unit of English local government, intermediate between village and shire, which survived into the 19th century. Originally, the term probably …
Britannica English vocabulary
HUNDRED — hundred BrE AmE ˈhʌndr əd -ɪd ˈhʌnd ə rd ▷ hundred|s z ▶ ˌ hundreds and ˈ thousands BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FOUR — four BrE AmE fɔː AmE fɔːr foʊr (= fore) ▷ fours fɔːz AmE fɔːrz foʊrz ▶ ˈ four flush BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HUNDRED — / ˈhʌndrəd; NAmE / number ( plural verb ) 1. 100 : One hundred (of the children) have already been …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOUR — / fɔː(r); NAmE / 1. number 4 HELP NOTE : There are examples of how to use numbers at the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HUNDRED — hun ‧ dred /ˈhʌndrəd, ˈhʌndrɪd/ BrE AmE number , noun ( plural hundred or hundreds ) [ Language: Old English …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOUR — four /fɔː $ fɔːr/ BrE AmE number , noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: feower ] 1 . the …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HUNDRED — n. & adj. --n. (pl. hundreds or (in sense 1) hundred) (in sing., prec. by a or one) 1 the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FOUR — n. & adj. --n. 1 one more than three, or six less than ten; the product of two units and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HUNDRED — n. & adj. n. (pl. hundreds or (in sense 1) hundred) (in sing., prec. by a or one) 1 the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FOUR — n. & adj. n. 1 one more than three, or six less than ten; the product of two units and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HUNDRED — n. & adj. --n. (pl. hundreds or (in sense 1) hundred) (in sing., prec. by a or one) 1. the …
Oxford English vocab
FOUR — n. & adj. --n. 1. one more than three, or six less than ten; the product of two units and …
Oxford English vocab
HUNDRED — ( hundreds) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: The plural form is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOUR — ( fours) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Four is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOUR — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Four is the number 4. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HUNDRED — number COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a round hundred/dozen etc (= a complete hundred etc ) good for some time/a hundred …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FOUR — number COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a father of two/three/four etc (= a man with two, three etc children ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HUNDRED — [determiner], [noun], [pronoun] [plural] hundred or hundreds - (the number) 100ninety-eight, ninety-nine, a/one hundred, a hundred and oneWe've driven a/one …
Cambridge English vocab
FOUR
Cambridge English vocab
FOUR — n. having four letters Four Books Four Freedoms Four Horsemen Four Hundred Council of the Four Noble Truths four colour …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HUNDRED — n. Four Hundred Council of the Hundred Days Hundred Years' War
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FOUR — See: HIT ON ALL FOUR, ON ALL FOURS.
Slang English vocab
FOUR — See: HIT ON ALL FOUR, ON ALL FOURS.
Словарь английских идиом
FOUR — See Four factors of change
Theological and Philosophical Biography English vocab
HUNDRED — number Using numbers Day, month, minute, mile, kilo etc are always SINGULAR when used (with a number) immediately before a …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
HUNDRED — 1. числ. колич. 1) сто 2) ноль-ноль ∙ one hundred per cent ≈ (на) сто процентов; вполне the hundred and …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

Concise Oxford English vocab

← FORTUNE 500 FOURIER SERIES→