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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. following the third position; number four in a countable series;

2. one of four equal parts;
- Example: "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;


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude;
- Example: "the quaternary period of geologic time extends from the end of the tertiary period to the present"
[syn: fourth, 4th, quaternary]


ADVERB (1)

1. in the fourth place;
- Example: "fourthly, you must pay the rent on the first of the month"
[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. [1913 Webster] 2. Forming one of four equal parts into which anything may be divided. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mus.) The interval of two tones and a semitone, embracing four diatonic degrees of the scale; the subdominant of any key. [1913 Webster] 3. One coming next in order after the third. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
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