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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fourth•ly (fôrth′lē, fōrth′-),USA pronunciation adv. - in the fourth place;
fourth.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fourth /fɔrθ/USA pronunciation adj. - next after the third;
being the ordinal number for four. - being one of four equal parts.
- Automotiverelating to the gear transmission ratio at which the drive shaft speed is greater than that of third gear.
n. - [countable] a fourth part, esp. of one (¼);
quarter. - [countable] the fourth member of a series.
- Automotive[uncountable] fourth gear.
- the Fourth, Independence Day;
the Fourth of July.
adv. - in the fourth place.
fourth•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fourth (fôrth, fōrth),USA pronunciation adj. - next after the third;
being the ordinal number for four. - being one of four equal parts.
- Automotiveof, pertaining to, or operating at the gear transmission ratio at which the drive shaft speed is greater than that of third gear for a given engine crankshaft speed, but not so great as that of fifth gear, if such exists:fourth gear.
n. - a fourth part, esp. of one (¼).
- the fourth member of a series.
- Music and Dance
- a tone on the fourth degree from a given tone (counted as the first).
- the interval between such tones.
- the harmonic combination of such tones.
- Automotivefourth gear:She downshifted from fifth to fourth as we started up the hill.
- (cap.) Independence Day;
the Fourth of July (usually prec. by the).
adv. - in the fourth place;
fourthly.
- Middle English fourthe, Old English fēowertha. See four, -th2 bef. 950
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