[syn: fourthly, fourth]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fourth \Fourth\, a. [OE. fourthe, ferthe, feorthe, AS.
fe['o]r[eth]a, fr. fe['o]wer four.]
1. Next in order after the third; the ordinal of four.
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2. Forming one of four equal parts into which anything may be
divided.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fourth \Fourth\, n.
1. One of four equal parts into which one whole may be
divided; the quotient of a unit divided by four.
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2. (Mus.) The interval of two tones and a semitone, embracing
four diatonic degrees of the scale; the subdominant of any
key.
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3. One coming next in order after the third.
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The Fourth, specifically, in the United States, the fourth
day of July, the anniversary of the declaration of
American independence; as, to celebrate the Fourth.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fourth
adv 1: in the fourth place; "fourthly, you must pay the rent on
the first of the month" [syn: fourthly, fourth]
adj 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" [syn: fourth, 4th,
quaternary]
n 1: following the third position; number four in a countable
series
2: one of four equal parts; "a quarter of a pound" [syn: one-
fourth, fourth, one-quarter, quarter, fourth part,
twenty-five percent, quartern]
3: the musical interval between one note and another four notes
away from it
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "fourth":
consecutive intervals, degree, diapason, diatessaron,
diatonic interval, diatonic semitone, enharmonic diesis,
enharmonic interval, farthing, fifth, fourth part, half step,
halftone, interval, less semitone, melodic interval, note, octave,
one-fourth, parallel octaves, quart, quarter, quartern, quarto,
second, semitone, seventh, sixth, step, third, tone,
twenty-five cents, twenty-five percent, two bits, unison interval,
whole step