FOUR-EM SPACE

Meaning of FOUR-EM SPACE in English

noun

Etymology: contraction of four-to-em space

: a space in printing that is 1/4 of an em in thickness

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

EM — em- see en- -em- see hem-
Interlingua English vocab
FOUR — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Four Books Four Freedoms Four Horsemen Four Hundred Council of the Four Noble Truths …
Английский словарь Британика
SPACE — I. ˈspās noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old French espace, from Latin spatium — …
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
EM — I. ˈem noun ( -s ) 1. : the letter m 2. : the set dimension of an em quad …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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
SPACE — — spacer , n. /spays/ , n. , v. , spaced, spacing , adj. n. 1. the unlimited or incalculably …
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
EM- — em- 1 var. of en- 1 before b, p, and sometimes m: embalm. Cf. im- 1 . em- 2 var. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
'EM — /euhm/ , pron. Informal. them: Put 'em down there. [ 1350-1400; ME hem, OE heom, dat. and acc. pl. of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EM — /em/ , n. , pl. ems , adj. n. 1. the letter M, m. 2. Also called mut, mutton . …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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
FOUR — adj one more than three; twice two. 2. four ·noun a symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv. 3. …
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
EM — [em] n (13c) 1: the letter m 2: the width of a piece of type about as wide as it …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EM — [EM] abbreviation electromagnetic, electron microscope, electron microscopy, end matched, engineer of mines, enlisted man
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FOUR — four BrE AmE fɔː AmE fɔːr foʊr (= fore) ▷ fours fɔːz AmE fɔːrz foʊrz ▶ ˈ four flush BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
'EM — 'em pronoun BrE AmE ə m —This variant of them has no strong form.
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
EM- — em- BrE AmE ɪm, (¦ )em —This prefix is stressed ¦em if the following syllable is unstressed ( ˌ embro …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
EM — em BrE AmE em
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SPACE — / speɪs; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun EMPTY AREA 1. [ U ] an amount of an area …
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
'EM — / əm; NAmE / pronoun ( informal ) = them : Don't let 'em get away. •• WORD ORIGIN Middle …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPACE — I. space 1 S1 W1 /speɪs/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: espace , …
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
EM- — em- /ɪm, em/ BrE AmE prefix the form used for ↑ en- before b, m, or p: embittered (=made to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
'EM — 'em /əm/ BrE AmE pronoun spoken sometimes used as a short form of ‘them’: Go on, Bill, you tell 'em!
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SPACE — n. & v. --n. 1 a a continuous unlimited area or expanse which may or may not contain objects etc. …
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
'EM — pron. colloq. them (let 'em all come). [orig. a form of ME hem, dative and accus. 3rd pers. pl. pron.: …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SPACE — n. & v. n. 1 a a continuous unlimited area or expanse which may or may not contain objects etc. …
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
EM — n. Printing 1 a unit for measuring the amount of printed matter in a line, usually equal to the nominal …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
'EM — pron. colloq. them (let 'em all come). [ orig. a form of ME hem, dative and accus. 3rd pers. pl. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SPACE — n. & v. --n. 1. a a continuous unlimited area or expanse which may or may not contain objects etc. …
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
EM — n. Printing 1 a unit for measuring the amount of printed matter in a line, usually equal to the nominal …
Oxford English vocab
'EM — pron. colloq. them (let 'em all come). Etymology: orig. a form of ME hem, dative and accus. 3rd pers. pl. …
Oxford English vocab
SPACE — ( spaces, spacing, spaced) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use …
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
EM- — Often pronounced /em-/ particularly in American English. Em- is a form of en- that is used before b-, m-, and …
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
SPACE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a short space of time ▪ They met and married within a short space …
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
'EM — pronoun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Tell the kids I'll pick 'em up after school.
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SPACE — (EMPTY PLACE) [noun] - an empty place (for something)That big table takes up too much space in my small kitchen. …
Cambridge English vocab
FOUR
Cambridge English vocab
'EM — [informal] short form of them - Can you think of anything that might help us find 'em?Tell 'em not to …
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
SPACE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FOUR — See: HIT ON ALL FOUR, ON ALL FOURS.
Slang English vocab
SPACE — INDEX: a space that is available to use 1. space 2. to provide space for something 3. ways of saying …
Longman Activator English vocab
FOUR — See: HIT ON ALL FOUR, ON ALL FOURS.
Словарь английских идиом
EM — Electron microscopy . Or electron microscopy. Viral particles may be detectable by EM.
English Dictionary of Medicine
FOUR — See Four factors of change
Theological and Philosophical Biography English vocab
SPACE — 1. сущ. 1) а) пространство to save space ≈ оставлять свободное место airspace ≈ воздушное пространство breathing space ≈ передышка; …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FOUR — 1. числ. колич. четыре 2. сущ. 1) четверка the four of hearts ≈ четверка червей 2) мн. четвертый номер 3) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EM- — (перед b и p) pref встречается в глаголах со значением: помещать в то, что обозначено производящей именной основой: - embark …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

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