Fourth vs. Four
Fourthadjective
The ordinal form of the number four.
Fournumeral
A numerical value equal to 4; the number after three and before five; two plus two. This many dots (••••)
‘There are four seasons: winter, spring, summer and autumn.’;
Fourthnoun
(not used in the plural) The person or thing in the fourth position.
Fournumeral
Describing a set or group with four elements.
Fourthnoun
(chiefly American) A quarter, one of four equal parts of a whole.
Fournoun
(countable) The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.
Fourthnoun
(not used in the plural) The fourth gear of an engine.
Fournoun
(countable) Anything measuring four units, as length.
‘Do you have any more fours? I want to make this a little taller.’;
Fourthnoun
(music) A musical interval which spans four degrees of the diatonic scale, for example C to F (C D E F).
Fournoun
A person who is four years old.
‘I'll take the threes, fours and fives and go to the playground.’;
Fourthadjective
Next in order after the third; the ordinal of four.
Fournoun
An event whereby a batsman hits a ball which bounces on the ground before passing over a boundary in the air, resulting in an award of 4 runs for the batting team. If the ball does not bounce before passing over the boundary, a six is awarded instead.
Fourthadjective
Forming one of four equal parts into which anything may be divided.
Fournoun
A power forward.
Fourthnoun
One of four equal parts into which one whole may be divided; the quotient of a unit divided by four.
Fournoun
(rowing) Four-man sweep racing shell, with or without a coxswain.
Fourthnoun
The interval of two tones and a semitone, embracing four diatonic degrees of the scale; the subdominant of any key.
Fournoun
The shell itself.
‘The team bought a new four last season.’;
Fourthnoun
One coming next in order after the third.
Fournoun
The crew rowing in a four boat.
‘Our four won both races.’;
Fourthnoun
following the third position; number four in a countable series
Fournoun
(colloquial) A regatta event for four boats.
‘We got third place in the varsity four.’;
Fourthnoun
one of four equal parts;
‘a quarter of a pound’;
Fournoun
(obsolete) A four-pennyworth of spirits.
Fourthnoun
the musical interval between one note and another four notes away from it
Fouradjective
One more than three; twice two.
Fourthadjective
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’;
Fournoun
The sum of four units; four units or objects.
Fourthadverb
in the fourth place;
‘fourthly, you must pay the rent on the first of the month’;
Fournoun
A symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv.
Fournoun
Four things of the same kind, esp. four horses; as, a chariot and four.
Fournoun
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
Fouradjective
being one more than three
