The company’s profits rose by 11% in the first quarter of the year.fourthfourth1 /fɔːθ $ fɔːrθ/ ●●● S3 W3 adjective 
in the fourth century her fourth birthday—fourthly adverb
WORD ORIGINfourth1
Origin:
Old English feortha, from feower ‘four’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Her apartment was on the fourth floor.
- Mark is starting fourth grade in the fall.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The company’s profits rose by 11% in the first quarter of the year. The home side took the lead in the second quarter. Agassi was at that time ranked sixth in the world.
The company’s profits rose by 11% in the first quarter of the year. The home side took the lead in the second quarter. Agassi was at that time ranked sixth in the world.PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► first-grader/fourth-grader etc► the fourth estate
coming after three other things in a series: - "I think there's a fourth dimension, and taking drugs allows you to explore it," said Streminski.
- A computer virus A watch with a second hand doing double time.
- Deathtraps: Coroner's warning over second hand electrical goods.
- Other rates may apply where the development is acquired second hand, or is merely a refurbishment of an existing industrial building.
- The Fourth Hand glides to a soft landing in Wisconsin, and readers will be left smiling.
- The leader takes a watch with a second hand, points to a player and calls out a letter of the alphabet.
- The second hand had its own dial at the bottom of the face.
- The story is now taken up at second hand.
- There is even a chapter on buying second hand - which has to be a boon for other Leica devotees.
- After his win in Frankfurt on Sunday, he lies second in the series just behind Michel Robert.
- Driving a Banbury prepared Prodrive Subaru, McRae now lies third in the championship.
in the fourth century her fourth birthday—fourthly adverb