fourth

1. not comparableThe ordinal form of the number four.

   Finnley is the fourth daughter of Jason and Kylie Kelce, having already welcomed Wyatt, Elliotte and Bennett to the family.

   2025 April 2, Ben Morse, “‘Whoop, there she is!’: Jason and Kylie Kelce announce birth of fourth daughter”, in CNN, archived from the original on 03 Apr 2025

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   The fourth model is called the enlightment model: Actors are seen to be responsible for problems but unable or unwilling to provide solutions. They are believed to need discipline provided by authoritative guidance. The Alcoholic Anonymous^([sic]) groups are considered prototypical for this model.

   2013 June 29, Leo Montada, “Coping with Life Stress”, in Herman Steensma, Riël Vermunt, editors, Social Justice in Human Relations Volume 2: Societal and Psychological Consequences of Justice and Injustice, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 26

plural fourths

1. singularThe person or thing in the fourth position.

   We are one F and two M's seeking the company of a fourth (M or F) for our spacious and friendly Somerville apt.

   1978 April 8, “Classified advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 14

2. USA quarter, one of four equal parts of a whole.

   Synonyms: fourth part, quarter, farthing

3. singularThe fourth gear of an engine.
4. entertainmentA musical interval which spans four degrees of the diatonic scale, for example C to F (C D E F).

   Now I've heard there was a secret chord / That David played, and it pleased the Lord / But you don't really care for music, do ya? / It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth

   1984, Leonard Cohen, “Hallelujah”, in Various Positions

5. rareastronomyOne sixtieth of a third or tierce.

   […] thirds (sixtieths of seconds), fourths (sixtieths of thirds) and so on, but then it becomes very cumbersome.

   1994, John David North, The Fontana History of Astronomy and Cosmology, page xxi

present singular third person fourths · participle present fourthing · participle past fourthed · past fourthed

1. informalTo agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been thirded.

   It was then moved, seconded, thirded, fourthed, and fifthed, “that Jarman be, and is hereby hung, and ought to be kicked.”

   1892 December 31, Talbot Baines Reed, “Tom, Dick, and Harry. A School Story.”, in The Boy’s Own Paper, volume XV, number 729, page 212, column 2

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   If he remembered rightly what took place in the House on the first night of the session, the Attorney General would have to file an information, not only against the noble Lord who proposed the address, and the hon. Member for London who seconded it, but also against the hon. Member who thirded, and the noble Lord who fourthed it, and indeed against every Member in the House.

   1830 March 2, Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, volume XXII, London, page 1189

   A lisping young “Soundings,” or master’s assistant, sung out “I thecond the mothon,” instantly transferring his beer to our hero’s face. In short the resolution was thirded, fourthed, fifthed, and sixthed, all following suit with the swipes:[…]

   1854 January, “Tregonhorke’s First Trip in a Man-of-War”, in Hunt’s Yachting Magazine, volume the third, London: Hunt and Son, […]; Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., […], page 14

alternative 4th

1. USThe Fourth of July.