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fourth
[ fawrth, fohrth ]
adjective
- next after the third; being the ordinal number for four.
- being one of four equal parts.
- Automotive. of, relating to, or operating at the gear transmission ratio at which the drive shaft speed is greater than that of third gear for a given engine crankshaft speed, but not so great as that of fifth gear, if such exists:
fourth gear.
noun
- a fourth part, especially of one (¼).
- the fourth member of a series.
- Music.
- a tone on the fourth degree from a given tone (counted as the first).
- the interval between such tones.
- the harmonic combination of such tones.
- Automotive. fourth gear:
She downshifted from fifth to fourth as we started up the hill.
- the Fourth. Independence Day; the Fourth of July.
adverb
- in the fourth place; fourthly.
fourth
/ fɔːθ /
adjective
- coming after the third in order, position, time, etc. Often written: 4th
- ( as noun )
the fourth in succession
- denoting the fourth forward ratio of a gearbox in motor vehicles
noun
- music
- the interval between one note and another four notes away from it counting inclusively along the diatonic scale
- one of two notes constituting such an interval in relation to the other See also perfect interval diminished
- the fourth forward ratio of a gearbox in a motor vehicle
he changed into fourth as soon as he had passed me
- a less common word for quarter
adverb
- after the third person, position, event, etc
sentence connector
- as the fourth point: linking what follows with the previous statements, as in a speech or argument
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Example Sentences
A fourth suspect, a 26-year-old woman named Hayat Boumeddiene, remains at large.
But in more middle-class and working-class neighborhoods, sessions are typically a fourth of that price.
He won re-election twice as governor of New York, and had the hubris to run for a fourth term before being defeated in 1994.
He lost his bid for a fourth term to George Pataki that year.
They constantly break the fourth wall, yelling and complaining to the cameramen.
In treble, second and fourth, the first change is a dodge behind; and the second time the treble leads, there's a double Bob.
Persistent glycosuria has been noted in brain injuries involving the floor of the fourth ventricle.
Upon this he went to bed again, fell asleep, and dreamed a fourth time as before.
He was rather silent, they observed; but the young clergyman, who made the fourth at the table, was voluble by nature.
Ordinarily the diazo appears a little earlier than the Widal reaction—about the fourth or fifth day—but it may be delayed.
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