fourth
adjective
next after the third; being the ordinal number for four.
fourths
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pluralof fourth.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The Jack Berrys, the Bob Pauls, the Hunt brothers, the Lykes brothers, all of them with juniors or thirds or fourths.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
At meets, Mara racked up prize ribbons: lots of third-places, fourths, fifths, and sixths, the occasional second, the very rare first.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2024
"The amount of people with neuropathy in this study, particularly undiagnosed neuropathy, was extraordinarily high with almost three fourths of the study population," Elafros said.
From Science Daily ● May 8, 2024
Trip jacket selection is an art and a science, best done elegantly, with attention paid to form, function, aesthetics and viability — as a pillow when folded into fourths or eighths on a long-haul flight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2024
It can vibrate in halves, with a node at the middle of the string as well as each end, or in thirds, fourths, and so on.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
