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fourth

/fɔɹθ/noun, adjective, adverb1 syllable

Fourth means: one of four equal parts.

Synonyms for fourth11

noun, as in one of four equal parts

one-fourth, one-quarter, quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, quartern

adjective, as in coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude

4th, quaternary, ordinal

adverb, as in in the fourth place

fourthly

also used for fourth

farthing

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What does fourth mean?5

noun

1

one of four equal parts“a quarter of a pound”

2

following the third position; number four in a countable series

3

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

adjective

1

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”

adverb

1

in the fourth place“fourthly, you must pay the rent on the first of the month”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with fourth?2

one syllable

north

two syllables

henceforth
Show 40 near rhymes
fororyourallmorebecausebeforeofflongcalledthoughtfoursupportcallsmalllawwarcoursetalkcourtlostwrongalongyorksawshortreportformsongacrossboardforcestrongrecordgonebroughtsourcefalldoglord

Fourth in a sentence

  • On the fourth day, everyone is tired, exhausted.maaster
  • Mars, the red planet, is the fourth planet.marcelostockle
  • There is a toilet on the fourth floor, too.sundown
  • He fell for the seventy-fourth time, dead tired.carlosalberto
  • First, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth... penultimate, last.unknown
  • For the seventy-fourth time, he fell, dead of exhaustion.Gulliver
  • April is the fourth month of the year.Eldad
  • There's also a toilet on the fourth floor.WestofEden

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Forms of fourth

as a noun

plural
fourths