Definitions for fourth
fɔrθ, foʊrθfourth

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. fourth(noun)

   following the third position; number four in a countable series

2. one-fourth, fourth, one-quarter, quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, quartern(noun)

   one of four equal parts

   "a quarter of a pound"

3. fourth(adj)

   the musical interval between one note and another four notes away from it

4. fourth, 4th, quaternary(adverb)

   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"

5. fourthly, fourth(adverb)

   in the fourth place

   "fourthly, you must pay the rent on the first of the month"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. fourth(Noun)

   The person or thing in the fourth position.

2. fourth(Noun)

   A quarter, one of four equal parts of a whole.

3. fourth(Noun)

   The fourth gear of an engine.

4. fourth(Noun)

   A musical interval which spans four degrees of the diatonic scale, for example C to F (C D E F).

5. fourth(Adjective)

   The ordinal form of the number four.

6. Fourth(Noun)

   The Fourth of July.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Fourth(adj)

   next in order after the third; the ordinal of four

   Etymology: [OE. fourthe, ferthe, feorthe, AS. fera, fr. fewer four.]

2. Fourth(adj)

   forming one of four equal parts into which anything may be divided

   Etymology: [OE. fourthe, ferthe, feorthe, AS. fera, fr. fewer four.]

3. Fourth(noun)

   one of four equal parts into which one whole may be divided; the quotient of a unit divided by four; one coming next in order after the third

   Etymology: [OE. fourthe, ferthe, feorthe, AS. fera, fr. fewer four.]

4. Fourth(noun)

   the interval of two tones and a semitone, embracing four diatonic degrees of the scale; the subdominant of any key

   Etymology: [OE. fourthe, ferthe, feorthe, AS. fera, fr. fewer four.]

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1. Fourth

   Fourth is a 1971 studio album by the Canterbury band Soft Machine. The album is also titled Four or 4 in the USA; the numeral "4" is the title as shown on the cover in all countries, but a written-out title appears on the spine and label. This was the group's first all-instrumental album, although their previous album Third had almost completed the band's move in this direction toward instrumental jazz, and a complete abandonment of their original self-presentation as a psychedelic pop group, or progressive rock group. It was also the last of their albums to include drummer and founding member Robert Wyatt who afterwards left to record a solo album, The End of an Ear, and then founded a new group, Matching Mole, whose name was a pun on "Soft Machine" as pronounced in French: "Machine Molle". Like the previous Soft Machine album, this one uses session musicians who were not regarded as full group members, but toured with the band for live performances. In 1999, Soft Machine albums Fourth and Fifth were re-released together on one CD. In 2007, The Fourth was re-released as part of the series Soft Machine Remastered – The CBS Years 1970–1973. The booklets of these re-releases contain liner notes written by Mark Powell from Esoteric Recordings about the history of Soft Machine, their musical development and as one of the first relevant bands in the so-called progressive rock scene.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'fourth' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1784

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'fourth' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1351

How to pronounce fourth?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say fourth in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fourth in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fourth in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of fourth in a Sentence

1. Denis Villeneuve:

   I think they built Hollywood on the West Coast because they were always dreaming of a New World. When they arrived here, the only way to keep dreaming was to make movies. Film was the fourth dimension.

2. Donald Trump:

   But they couldn't get it built. You know one of the reasons they couldn't build it? The environmental impact statements. They couldn't get through because of the environment. Well, that's what I'm the king of -- I can get things built for half-cost, for one-fourth cost, and it'll be better.

3. David Dai Shu:

   The worst time for China's smartphone market is over. Starting from the fourth quarter (of last year), we started to see a rebound in sales in China.

4. Habib Jan:

   This isn't once or twice, it's the fourth or fifth time, all by the Taliban. A lot of my friends, a lot of my family have been wounded or killed, our young people have been killed, our children have been killed, our old men have been killed, our girls have been killed. What can we do?

5. International Airlines Group:

   Acquiring Aer Lingus would add a fourth competitive, cost-effective airline to IAG, enabling us to develop our network using Dublin.

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