1
a
: allowing or affecting passage in any of four directions
b
: applicable to traffic from each of four directions
a four-way stop
2
: including four participants

Examples of four-way in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The mid-rise, cropped style offers a sleek, modern look while supporting all-day comfort with its four-way stretch fabric. Rose Marder, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2024 Clancy won a four-way Republican primary, and had 61% of the vote when the AP called the race at 7:41 p.m. Marine veteran Aliscia Andrews was running second with 23%. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 19 June 2024 What other projects received funding The most expensive Indianapolis project to receive funding is an $11.8 million rehabilitation of Madison Avenue from Martin Street to Pleasant Run Parkway that will change the existing five-lane road to a four-way one. Nadia Scharf, The Indianapolis Star, 14 June 2024 The first round of the Three-Point Contest finished in a four-way tie between Lillard, the reigning champion; Minnesota’s stretch-four Karl-Anthony Towns; Indiana’s Tyrese Haliburton and Atlanta’s Trae Young. Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for four-way 

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Word History

First Known Use

1824, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of four-way was in 1824

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“Four-way.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/four-way. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.

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