Dictionary Check: fourth

"fourth" is a valid word!

Scrabble 12 points
Words with Friends 12 points

Definition

adjective

coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude

Example: "the quaternary period of geologic time extends from the end of the tertiary period to the present"
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noun

following the third position; number four in a countable series

noun

one of four equal parts

Example: "a quarter of a pound"
noun

the musical interval between one note and another four notes away from it

adverb

in the fourth place

Example: "fourthly, you must pay the rent on the first of the month"
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