fourth

adj
/fɔːθ/UK/fɔɹθ/US/fo(ː)ɹθ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English fourthe, an alteration (due to four) of ferthe, from Old English fēorþa, fēowerþa, from Proto-West Germanic *feurþō, from Proto-Germanic *fedurþô, equivalent to four + -th (ordinal suffix). Cognates Compare West Frisian fjirde, Saterland Frisian fjädde, fjoode, Dutch vierde, German Low German feerde, feerd, German vierte, Danish fjerde, Icelandic fjórði.

  1. inherited from *fedurþô
  2. inherited from *feurþō
  3. inherited from fēorþa
  4. inherited from fourthe

Definitions

  1. The ordinal form of the number four.

    • Finnley is the fourth daughter of Jason and Kylie Kelce, having already welcomed Wyatt, Elliotte and Bennett to the family.
  2. The person or thing in the fourth position.

    • We are one F and two M's seeking the company of a fourth (M or F) for our spacious and friendly Somerville apt.
  3. A quarter, one of four equal parts of a whole.

  4. + 5 more definitions
    1. The fourth gear of an engine.

    2. A musical interval which spans four degrees of the diatonic scale, for example C to F (C…

      A musical interval which spans four degrees of the diatonic scale, for example C to F (C D E F).

      • Now I've heard there was a secret chord / That David played, and it pleased the Lord / But you don't really care for music, do ya? / It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth
    3. One sixtieth of a third or tierce.

      • […] thirds (sixtieths of seconds), fourths (sixtieths of thirds) and so on, but then it becomes very cumbersome.
    4. To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been thirded.

      • It was then moved, seconded, thirded, fourthed, and fifthed, “that Jarman be, and is hereby hung, and ought to be kicked.”
    5. The Fourth of July.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at fourth. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at fourth. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at fourth

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA