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ALL meanings of fourth

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  • adjective fourth next after the third; being the ordinal number for four. 1
  • adjective fourth being one of four equal parts. 1
  • adjective fourth Automotive. of, relating to, or operating at the gear transmission ratio at which the drive shaft speed is greater than that of third gear for a given engine crankshaft speed, but not so great as that of fifth gear, if such exists: fourth gear. 1
  • noun fourth a fourth part, especially of one (¼). 1
  • noun fourth the fourth member of a series. 1
  • noun fourth Music. a tone on the fourth degree from a given tone (counted as the first). the interval between such tones. the harmonic combination of such tones. 1
  • noun fourth Automotive. fourth gear: She downshifted from fifth to fourth as we started up the hill. 1
  • noun fourth (initial capital letter) Independence Day; the Fourth of July (usually preceded by the). 1
  • adverb fourth in the fourth place; fourthly. 1
  • adjective fourth item, person: 4th in series, list 1
  • adverb fourth in 4th position, place 1
  • noun fourth 4th person, item in a series, list 1
  • noun fourth 4th day of the month 1
  • noun fourth fraction: fourth part 1
  • noun fourth musical interval 1
  • noun fourth 4th monarch with specified name 1
  • noun fourth The ordinal form of the number four. 1
  • noun fourth (not used in the plural) The person or thing in the fourth position. 0
  • noun fourth (chiefly American) A quarter, one of four equal parts of a whole. 0
  • noun fourth (not used in the plural) The fourth gear of an engine. 0
  • noun fourth (music) A musical interval which spans four degrees of the diatonic scale, for example C to F (C D E F). 0
  • ordinal number fourth The fourth item in a series is the one that you count as number four. 0
  • fraction fourth A fourth is one of four equal parts of something. 0
  • adjective fourth coming after the third in order, position, time, etc. Often written: 4th 0
  • adjective fourth (as noun) 0
  • adjective fourth denoting the fourth forward ratio of a gearbox in motor vehicles 0
  • noun fourth the interval between one note and another four notes away from it counting inclusively along the diatonic scale 0
  • noun fourth one of two notes constituting such an interval in relation to the other 0
  • noun fourth the fourth forward ratio of a gearbox in a motor vehicle 0
  • adverb fourth after the third person, position, event, etc 0
  • sentence connector fourth as the fourth point: linking what follows with the previous statements, as in a speech or argument 0
  • adjective fourth preceded by three others in a series; 4th 0
  • adjective fourth designating any of the four equal parts of something 0
  • adjective fourth designating the forward gear ratio of a motor vehicle next after third gear 0
  • noun fourth the one following the third 0
  • noun fourth any of the four equal parts of something; 1⁄4 0
  • noun fourth the fourth tone of an ascending diatonic scale, or a tone three degrees above or below any given tone in such a scale; subdominant 0
  • noun fourth the interval between two such tones, or a combination of them 0
  • adverb fourth in the fourth place, rank, group, etc. 0
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