plural fourths
ˈfȯr(th)s 
1
: one that is number four in a series
I was the fourth to arrive.
They arrive on the fourth. [=the fourth day of the month]
see Table of Numbers
2
: one of four equal parts of something : quarter entry 1
Cut the cake into fourths.
a fourth of the population
3
a
: a musical interval (see interval sense 2) embracing four tones of the diatonic scale
b
: a tone at this interval
specifically
: subdominant sense 1
c
: the harmonic combination of two tones a fourth apart
4
: the fourth forward gear or speed of a motor vehicle
shifted into fourth
5
the Fourth
: July 4 observed as a legal holiday in the U.S. in commemoration of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 : Fourth of July
watched fireworks on the Fourth
called also Independence Day
fourth
adjective or adverb
the fourth edition of a book
the fourth tallest mountain
fourthly
adverb
Fourthly, don't sing a whole opera through …
—
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Examples of fourth in a Sentence
cut the cake into fourths
She drank a fourth of the bottle.
Recent Examples on the Web
In the fourth, Llamas hit a towering homer over the 15-foot left-field fence to make it 2-0.
—Jim Lindgren, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2024
Tyler Soderstrom put the A’s on the board with a two-out double in the fourth.
—Staff and Wire Reports, The Mercury News, 19 May 2024
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Jim Lindgren, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2024
Tyler Soderstrom put the A’s on the board with a two-out double in the fourth.
—Staff and Wire Reports, The Mercury News, 19 May 2024
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“Fourth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fourth. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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