fourth
1fourth — [fɔːθ ǁ fɔːrθ] adjective ACCOUNTING fourth half/quarter/period the fourth half, quarter etc of the financial year * * * fourth UK US /fɔːθ/ adjective [before noun] ► relating to the last three month period of a company s financial year:… …
2Fourth — 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 …
3fourth — ► ORDINAL NUMBER 1) constituting number four in a sequence; 4th. 2) (a fourth/one fourth) chiefly N. Amer. a quarter. 3) Music an interval spanning four consecutive notes in a diatonic scale, in particular an interval of two tones and a semitone …
4fourth — [ fɔrθ ] number 1. ) in the place or position counted as number 4: the fourth of January We came in fourth in the race. 2. ) one of 4 equal parts of something: QUARTER: Only about a fourth of the children had heard of Shakespeare …
5fourth — [fôrth, fōrth] adj. [ME feorthe, ferthe < OE feortha: see FOUR & TH2] 1. preceded by three others in a series; 4th 2. designating any of the four equal parts of something 3. designating the forward gear ratio of a motor vehicle next after… …
6Fourth — 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] …
7fourth — fourth; fourth·ly; …
8fourth|ly — «FRTH lee, FOHRTH », adverb. in the fourth place …
9fourth — O.E. feorða; see FOUR (Cf. four) + TH (Cf. th) (1). Cf. O.S. fiortho, O.N. fiorðe, Du. vierde, O.H.G. fiordo, Ger. vierte …
10fourth — /fawrth, fohrth/, adj. 1. next after the third; being the ordinal number for four. 2. being one of four equal parts. 3. Auto. of, pertaining to, or operating at the gear transmission ratio at which the drive shaft speed is greater than that of… …
