fourth
UK/fɔːθ//fɔɹθ/
fourth adjective: the ordinal form of the number four.
Adjective
fourth (not comparable)
- The ordinal form of the number four.
- The fourth model is called the enlightment model: Actors are seen to be responsible for problems but unable or unwilling to provide solutions. They are believed to need discipline provided by authoritative guidance. The Alcoholic Anonymous^([sic]) groups are considered prototypical for this model.2013 June 29, Leo Montada, “Coping with Life Stress”, in Herman Steensma, Riël Vermunt, editors, Social Justice in Human Relations Volume 2: Societal and Psychological Consequences of Justice and...
- Finnley is the fourth daughter of Jason and Kylie Kelce, having already welcomed Wyatt, Elliotte and Bennett to the family.2025 April 2, Ben Morse, “‘Whoop, there she is!’: Jason and Kylie Kelce announce birth of fourth daughter”, in CNN, archived from the original on 03 Apr 2025
Noun
fourth (plural fourths)
- The person or thing in the fourth position.
- We are one F and two M's seeking the company of a fourth (M or F) for our spacious and friendly Somerville apt.1978 April 8, “Classified advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 14
- A quarter, one of four equal parts of a whole.
- Synonyms:
- fourth part, quarter, farthing
- 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).
- Now I've heard there was a secret chord / That David played, and it pleased the Lord / But you don't really care for music, do ya? / It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth1984, Leonard Cohen, “Hallelujah”, in Various Positions
- One sixtieth of a third or tierce.
- […] thirds (sixtieths of seconds), fourths (sixtieths of thirds) and so on, but then it becomes very cumbersome.1994, John David North, The Fontana History of Astronomy and Cosmology, page xxi
Verb
fourth (third-person singular simple present fourths, present participle fourthing, simple past and past participle fourthed)
- To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been thirded.
- If he remembered rightly what took place in the House on the first night of the session, the Attorney General would have to file an information, not only against the noble Lord who proposed the address, and the hon. Member for London who seconded it, but also against the hon. Member who thirded...1830 March 2, Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, volume XXII, London, page 1189
- A lisping young “Soundings,” or master’s assistant, sung out “I thecond the mothon,” instantly transferring his beer to our hero’s face. In short the resolution was thirded, fourthed, fifthed, and sixthed, all following suit with the swipes:[…]1854 January, “Tregonhorke’s First Trip in a Man-of-War”, in Hunt’s Yachting Magazine, volume the third, London: Hunt and Son, […]; Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., […], page 14
Proper noun capitalized: Fourth
the Fourth
- The Fourth of July.
fourth meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
fourth in Hindi
- ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
- चौथा cauthā, चतुर्थ caturth, तुरीय turīya, चहुरा cahurā
fourth in Tamil
- ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
- நான்காம் nāṉkām, நான்காவது nāṉkāvatu, நாலாம் nālām, நாலாவது nālāvatu
fourth in Marathi
- fourth, quarter
- पाव pāv
- fourth
- चौथे ċauthe
fourth in Urdu
- ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
- چوتھا cauthā, چہارم cahāram
More languagesFewer languages
- fourth in Bengali
- চতুর্থ coturtho
- fourth in Telugu
- చతుర్థము caturthamu, నాలుగవ nālugava
- fourth in Malayalam
- നാലാം nālāṁ
- fourth in Kannada
- ಚತುರ್ಥ caturtha
- fourth in Punjabi
- ਚੌਥਾ cauthā
- fourth in Gujarati
- ચોથું cŏthũ
- fourth in Sanskrit
- तुरीय turīya, चतुर्थ caturtha
- fourth in Sinhala
- සතරවැනි satarawæni
- fourth in Assamese
- চতুৰ্থ soturtho
- fourth in Tagalog
- ikaapat
- fourth in Arabic
- رَابِع rābiʕ, رَابِعَة rābiʕa
- fourth in Malay
- keempat
- fourth in Indonesian
- keempat
- fourth in Persian
- چهارم čahârom
- fourth in Thai
- ที่สี่ tîi-sìi
- fourth in Vietnamese
- thứ tư
- fourth in Myanmar
- စတုတ္ထ ca.tuthta.
Examples of fourth in a sentence
- Member who thirded, and the noble Lord who fourthed it, and indeed against every Member in the House.1830 March 2, Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, volume XXII, London, page 1189:
- It was then moved, seconded, thirded, fourthed, and fifthed, “that Jarman be, and is hereby hung, and ought to be kicked.”1892 December 31, Talbot Baines Reed, “Tom, Dick, and Harry. A School Story.”, in The Boy’s Own Paper, volume XV, number 729, page 212...
Synonyms of fourth
Forms of fourth
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | fourths |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | fourths |
| present participle | fourthing |
| past participle | fourthed |
| past | fourthed |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | 4th |
Origin of fourth
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.
Words formed from fourth
- fardel
- farthing
- firkin
- fourth-class
- fourth class
- fourth contact
- fourth cousin
- fourth cover
- fourth cranial nerve
- Fourth Cycle
- fourth-degree
- fourth-degree burn
- fourth digit
- fourth dimension
- fourth down
- fourth estate
- fourth finger
- fourth freedom rights
- fourth gear
- fourth gender
- fourth grade
- fourth grader
- fourthie
- Fourth Industrial Revolution
- fourthly
- fourth market
- Fourth Month
- fourthness
- fourth normal form
- fourth official
- Fourth of July
- fourth-party logistics
- fourth person
- fourth point of contact
- fourth position
- fourth rail
- fourth-rate
- fourth rate
- Fourth Reich
- fourth slip
- fourth stump
- fourth toe
- fourth trimester
- fourth ventricle
- fourth wall
- fourth-wave feminism
- Fourth World
- fourth year
- May the Fourth
- may the fourth be with you
- augmented fourth
- diminished fourth
- perfect fourth
Phrases with fourth
- Fourth Day
- one fourth
- fourth part
- fourth toes
- fourth downs
- fourth gears
- fourth rails
- fourth rates
- fourth slips
- fourth walls
- fourth years
- happy Fourth
24 more phrasesFewer phrases
- fourth covers
- fourth grades
- Fourth Siding
- fourth cousins
- fourth fingers
- fourth genders
- fourth graders
- fourth markets
- fourth contacts
- Fourth of Julys
- Fourth Republic
- fourth officials
- fourth wall joke
- Fourth World War
- fourth trimesters
- fourth ventricles
- fourth wall jokes
- break the fourth wall
- broke the fourth wall
- breaks the fourth wall
- broken the fourth wall
- breaking the fourth wall
- fourth points of contact
- knee-high by the Fourth of July
Words that rhyme with fourth
Questions about fourth
- What does fourth mean?
- Fourth means the ordinal form of the number four.
- What is fourth in Hindi?
- Fourth in Hindi is चौथा (cauthā), चतुर्थ (caturth), तुरीय (turīya). See Fourth meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use fourth in a sentence?
- Member who thirded, and the noble Lord who fourthed it, and indeed against every Member in the House.
- What part of speech is fourth?
- Fourth can be an adjective, a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce fourth?
- Fourth is pronounced /fɔːθ/ (UK).
Words near fourth in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fourth (page history and authors); Fourth (page history and authors); चौथे (Marathi) (page history and authors); చతుర్థము (Telugu) (page history and authors); ಚತುರ್ಥ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਚੌਥਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ચોથું (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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