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4-2-4

4-2-4 noun: a popular football formation with 4 defenders, 2 midfielders and 4 strikers.

4-2-4: a popular football formation with 4 defenders, 2 midfielders and 4 strikers
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Noun

4-2-4 (countable and uncountable, plural 4-2-4s)

  1. (uncountable) A popular football formation with 4 defenders, 2 midfielders and 4 strikers
  2. (countable) Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has a four-wheel leading truck, one powered driving axle and a four-wheel unpowered trailing truck.

Forms of 4-2-4

plural4-2-4s

Questions about 4-2-4

What does 4-2-4 mean?
4-2-4 means a popular football formation with 4 defenders, 2 midfielders and 4 strikers.
What part of speech is 4-2-4?
4-2-4 is a noun.
What is the plural of 4-2-4?
The plural of 4-2-4 is 4-2-4s.

Words near 4-2-4 in the dictionary

  1. 4-14-4s
  2. 4-2-0
  3. 4-2-0s
  4. 4-2-2
  5. 4-2-2s
  6. 4-2-4
  7. 4-2-4s
  8. 4-3 suspension
  9. 4-3 suspensions
  10. 4-3-3
  11. 4-4-0

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