Overview of noun fourth

The noun fourth has 3 senses

• fourth -- (following the third position; number four in a countable series)


• one-fourth, fourth, one-quarter, quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, quartern -- (one of four equal parts; "a quarter of a pound")


• fourth -- (the musical interval between one note and another four notes away from it)

Overview of adj fourth

The adj fourth has 1 sense

• fourth, 4th, quaternary -- (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")

Overview of adv fourth

The adv fourth has 1 sense

• fourthly, fourth -- (in the fourth place; "fourthly, you must pay the rent on the first of the month")