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fourth

Dictionary definition · fourth

noun

  1. following the third position; number four in a countable series
  2. one of four equal parts"a quarter of a pound"
  3. the musical interval between one note and another four notes away from it

adjective

  1. coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude"the quaternary period of geologic time extends from the end of the tertiary period to the present"

adverb

  1. in the fourth place"fourthly, you must pay the rent on the first of the month"

Similar words

4thquaternaryfourthlyfourth partone-fourthone-quarterquarterquarterntwenty-five percent

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).