If you are measuring liquids, 1 cup is 16 tablespoons, so 4 tablespoons would be 1/4 of a cup.
If you are measuring dry goods such as flour or sugar there are 3 different ways to use the various sizes of spoon measurements - level, rounded and heaped.
Level = filled level to the rim of the spoon
Rounded = filled such that there is as much above the rim of the spoon as there is below it.
Heaped = as much as you can possibly get on the spoon
Using this as a reference -
4 level tablespoons would be 1/4 of a cup
4 rounded tablespoons would be 1/2 of a cup
4 heaped tablespoons would be around 3/4 to 7/8 cups depending on the ingredient
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