fourth

See also: Fourth

fourth - English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /fɔːθ/
  • (General American) enPR: fôrth, IPA: /fɔɹθ/
  • (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA: /fo(ː)ɹθ/
  • (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA: /foəθ/
  • Homophone: forth

Adjective

fourth (not comparable)

  1. The ordinal form of the number four.

Usage notes

Abbreviations: 4th, 4th, IVth, IIIIth; (in names of monarchs and popes, and formal names in English) IV, IV.

Derived terms

Terms derived from fourth (adjective)

Translations

Noun

fourth (plural fourths)

  1. (in the singular) The person or thing in the fourth position.
  2. (chiefly US) A quarter, one of four equal parts of a whole.
  3. (in the singular) The fourth gear of an engine.
  4. (music) A musical interval which spans four degrees of the diatonic scale, for example C to F (C D E F).

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Translations

Verb

fourth (third-person singular simple present fourths, present participle fourthing, simple past and past participle fourthed)

  1. (informal) To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been thirded.

fourth - Middle English

Adjective

fourth

  1. Alternative form of ferthe
Meaning and Definition of fourth
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