Definition of FOURTH

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 Word
fourth: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fourth: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

fourth: valid Words With Friends Word