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# iv

noun (an IV, IVs); Roman numeral IV

«iv» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. IV is the Roman numeral for 4 (one before five: I before V). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/iv/#m1)
2. (medical) An IV is a drip that gives fluid or medicine into a vein; short for «intravenous». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/iv/#m2)
3. IV is used in names of kings, queens and popes for «the Fourth», like Henry IV. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/iv/#m3)

### In the lessons

Maths and history: Roman numerals on clocks, chapters and kings' names. Hospitals and TV: «put on an IV». It tells the reader either a number (4) or a medical drip.

### Examples

- IV means 4 in Roman numerals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/iv/#x1)
- King Henry IV ruled England. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/iv/#x2)
- The clock showed IV instead of 4. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/iv/#x3)
- The nurse put an IV in his arm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/iv/#x4)
- Chapter IV begins on page 30. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/iv/#x5)
- VI is 6, but IV is 4, because the smaller number comes first. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/iv/#x6)

### Note

Maths: I before V means subtract, so IV = 5 − 1 = 4; VI = 5 + 1 = 6. Some clocks write IIII. Medical «an IV» (vowel sound: «eye-vee»). Read Henry IV as «Henry the Fourth».

## In Jewish tradition

Maths and history: Roman numerals on clocks, chapters and kings' names. Hospitals and TV: «put on an IV». It tells the reader either a number (4) or a medical drip.

### Examples

- ") See Nestle in Hasting's Bi/i/e Diclionnry, vol IV, p 542. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/iv/#x1)
- The numeral one 1 and the zero 0 are a fitting symbolization of the two opposing principles concerning which the Sefer Yetzirah iv\> "23) says as follows: (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/iv/#x2)
- BOOK IV A Prayer of Moses the man of God. (Writings PSA.90.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/iv/#x3)

### Note

Maths: I before V means subtract, so IV = 5 − 1 = 4; VI = 5 + 1 = 6. Some clocks write IIII. Medical «an IV» (vowel sound: «eye-vee»). Read Henry IV as «Henry the Fourth».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «iv» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/iv/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«iv» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/iv.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «iv» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/iv/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«iv» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/iv.html) on Mova free.