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

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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. David Hensley:

   The November PMI surveys point to a further step in the right direction for the global economy, if faster increases in new orders and employment translate into a further bounce in the pace of expansion in December, fourth quarter GDP growth should come in a shade higher than that registered during Q3.

2. Wall Street Journal, March 15, 1991:

   Before the Gulf War started, the Iraqi Army was the the fourth largest in the world. Now, its the second largest army in Iraq.

3. Jeanine Anez:

   Evo Morales does not qualify to run for a fourth term. It's because (he did) that we've had all this convulsion, and because of this that so many Bolivians have been demonstrating in the streets.

4. Dee W. Hock:

   Hire and promote first on the basis of integrity; second, motivation; third, capacity; fourth, understanding; fifth, knowledge; and last and least, experience. Without integrity, motivation is dangerous; without motivation, capacity is impotent; without capacity, understanding is limited; without understanding, knowledge is meaningless; without knowledge, experience is blind. Experience is easy to provide and quickly put to good use by people with all the other qualities.

5. Elizabeth Hagen:

   When you're eating outside the rule is two hours, you really can't leave things sitting out for more than two hours, and if the temperature is above ninety degrees, which it often is at fourth of July,…you can't leave things out for more than one hour. So get them back into the cooler, back into the refrigerator as soon as possible.

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