fourth
Plural: fourths
Noun
- One of four equal parts; the element next after third.
- following the third position; number four in a countable series
- one of four equal parts
- the musical interval between one note and another four notes away from it
- The person or thing in the fourth position.
- A quarter, one of four equal parts of a whole.
- The fourth gear of an engine.
- A musical interval which spans four degrees of the diatonic scale, for example C to F (C D E F).
- One sixtieth of a third or tierce.
Adjective Satellite
- coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude
Adverb
- in the fourth place
- "fourthly, you must pay the rent on the first of the month"
Adj
- The ordinal form of the number four.
Verb
- To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been thirded.
Examples
- His ’FOURTH’ consecutive bingo effectively sealed the Words With Friends game.
Origin / Etymology
Inherited from Middle English fourthe, an alteration (due to four) of ferthe, from Old English fēorþa, fēowerþa, from Proto-West Germanic *feurþō, from Proto-Germanic *fedurþô, equivalent to four + -th (ordinal suffix).
Cognates
Compare West Frisian fjirde, Saterland Frisian fjädde, fjoode, Dutch vierde, German Low German feerde, feerd, German vierte, Danish fjerde, Icelandic fjórði.
Synonyms
4th, fourth part, fourthly, one-fourth, one-quarter, quarter, quartern, quaternary, twenty-five percent, farthing
Scrabble Score: 12
fourth: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordfourth: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fourth: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary