fourth
/fɔɹθ/ noun C2- The person or thing in the fourth position.
- A quarter, one of four equal parts of a whole.
- The fourth gear of an engine.
- A musical interval which spans four degrees of the diatonic scale, for example C to F (C D E F).
Plural fourths
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On the fourth day, to her great joy, Oz sent for her, and when she entered the Throne Room he greeted her pleasantly:
“My dear Watson, when I have exterminated that fourth egg I shall be ready to put you in touch with the whole situation.
“If I had had the honor of seeing you for the third or fourth time, count, instead of only for the second,” said Madame de Villefort; “if I had had the honor of being your friend, instead of only having the happiness of being under an obligation to you, I should insist on detaining you to dinner, and not allow myself to be daunted by a first refusal.”
But when, for the fourth time, after pushing back our chairs from breakfast we saw the greasy, heavy brown swirl still drifting past us and condensing in oily drops upon the window-panes, my comrade’s impatient and active nature could endure this drab existence no longer.
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