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fourth

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1. fourth - Noun

2. fourth - Adjective

3. fourth - Verb

4. fourth - Adverb

5. fourth - Adjective Satellite

6. Fourth - Proper noun

Meaning

Next in order after the third; the ordinal of four.

Forming one of four equal parts into which anything may be divided.

One of four equal parts into which one whole may be divided; the quotient of a unit divided by four; one coming next in order after the third.

The interval of two tones and a semitone, embracing four diatonic degrees of the scale; the subdominant of any key.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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There are four stages to marriage. First there's the affair, then there's the marriage, then children, and finally the fourth stage, without which you cannot know a woman, the divorce. Norman Mailer

Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries. James A. Michener

The gallery in which the reporters sit has become a fourth estate of the realm. Thomas Babington Macaulay

Save three pieces of gold and the fourth one will fall into your lap. Croatian Proverb

The First glass is for health, the second - for joy, the third - for fun, the fourth - for madness. Bulgarian Proverb

The fourth fever kills the old and cures the young. Sicilian Proverb

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