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# fourth

«fourth» in Mova's school dictionary: **number four in order: the one after the third** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective, noun (fourth, fourths); adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) Fourth is number four in order: the one after the third. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fourth/#m1)

2) A fourth is one of four equal parts, the same as a quarter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fourth/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

after «a» or a number: one of four equal parts; after «the»: a place in order; in the USA, fourth grade is a school year; phrases: «a fourth of», «three fourths», «the fourth», «fourth grade»

### examples

- Zoe loses a fourth of them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fourth/#x1)
- Anna is the fourth in the line. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fourth/#x2)
- Ben ate a fourth of the 12 cookies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fourth/#x3)
- Thursday is the fourth day if the week starts on Monday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fourth/#x4)
- My sister is in fourth grade. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fourth/#x5)
- Three fourths of the class like football. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fourth/#x6)
- She came fourth in the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fourth/#x7)
- Each child gets a fourth of the pizza. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fourth/#x8)
- Then he threw his nets for the fourth time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fourth/#x9)

### note

«a fourth of N» is N ÷ 4; «the fourth» is a place in order, not a fraction. Short form: 4th. Trap: «fourth» (4th) and «forth» (forward) sound the same.

### In the corpora

- [A pterosaur wing was skin stretched from a very long fourth finger.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/270-not-dinosaurs-pterosaurs-plesiosaurs-mosasaurs-mary-anning/6/)
- [Fourth: ask how we know.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/300-the-big-biology-quiz-part-3-dinosaurs-evolution-conservation-and-food/8/)
- [Lightning and glowing signs contain plasma, a fourth state: gas so hot or charged that its atoms lose electrons.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/4-solids-liquids-and-gases/17/)
- [The fourth time he fell and scraped his head and had to see the doctor.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/349-going-where-youre-not-allowed/3/)
- [Three safe rides did not make the fourth one safe.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/349-going-where-youre-not-allowed/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fourth» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fourth/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.