fourth

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Coming next after the third in order or position.

   This is the fourth time I have called today.

2. 2
   noun

   The person or thing in the fourth position.

   She finished fourth in the race.

3. 3
   adv

   In the fourth place, when listing points.

   Fourthly, you must pay the rent at the start of each month.

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.

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