Fourth

What do we mean by fourth?

The ordinal number matching the number four in a series. noun

One of four equal parts. noun

A tone four degrees above or below a given tone in a diatonic scale. noun

The interval between two such tones. noun

The harmonic combination of these tones. noun

The subdominant of a scale or key. noun

The transmission gear or gear ratio used to produce forward speeds next higher to those of third in a motor vehicle. noun

The Fourth of July; Independence Day. Used with the: noun

Next after the third: an ordinal numeral.

The quotient of unity divided by four; one of four equal parts of anything; a quarter: as, three fourths (¾) of an acre. noun

In early English law, a fourth part of the rents of the year, or of movables, or both, granted or levied by way of tax. noun

In music A tone four diatonic degrees above or below any given tone. noun

The interval between any tone and a tone four degrees distant from it. noun

The harmonic combination of two such tones. noun

In a scale, the fourth tone from the bottom; the subdominant: solmizated fa, as F in the scale of C, or D in that of A. noun

Next in order after the third; the ordinal of four. adjective

Forming one of four equal parts into which anything may be divided. adjective

One of four equal parts into which one whole may be divided; the quotient of a unit divided by four. noun

The interval of two tones and a semitone, embracing four diatonic degrees of the scale; the subdominant of any key. noun

(not used in the plural) The person or thing in the fourth position.

(chiefly American) A quarter, one of four equal parts of a whole.

(not used in the plural) The fourth gear of an engine.

A musical interval which spans four degrees of the diatonic scale, for example C to F (C D E F).

Words that are spelled similarly to fourth:
fourth, forth, fourty, furth, fouth.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word fourth:
quarter, fifth, crusade, tier, baronet, touchdown, consecutive, sixth, round, studio, amendment, seventh, eighth, lap, seed, overall, draft, album, nfl, ninth.

Words that rhyme with fourth:
forth, north, swarth, henceforth, orth, back and forth, set forth, thenceforth, bring forth, korth, warth, call forth, come forth, burst forth, njorth, due north, sally forth, borth, and so forth, go forth, give forth, pour forth, blossom forth, magnetic north, east by north, orth-, body forth, porth, issue forth, burgeon forth, in the north, west by north, compass north, northwest by north, stretch forth, northeast by north, move back and forth, goforth, to the north, travel back and forth, bridgeforth, cutsforth, dansforth, weyforth.

Adjectives that are often used to describe fourth:
one, perfect, late, twenty, first, forty, lower, fifty, third, second, upper, glorious, last, annual, thirty, part, sixty, poor, apical, posterior, seventy, anterior, distant, distal, book, basal, section, lowest, diminished, top, ninety, outer, big, mid, proximal, less, highest, close, safe, falcidian, finished, fashioned, memorable, famous, bottom, augmented, three, happy, sane, eighty, chromatic, sharp, canto, weak, scene, worth, minor, lateral, grand, fifth, musical, terminal, consonant, lesson.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective fourth:
century, day, edition, year, ventricle, part, grade, floor, stage, month, quarter, section, place, week, chapter, son, class, group, book, dimension, generation, volume, child, type, line, order, act, centuries, gospel, step, period, column, term, category, phase, session, factor, graders, decade, street, degree, earl, division, report, congress, row, element, plan, birthday, commandment, night, finger, meeting, conference, member, series, wife, principle, segment, article, estate, paragraph, regiment, letter, wall, pair, component, one, daughter, stanza, voyage, round, vertebra, issue, nerve.

Consonant match to fourth:
forth.

Words that sound like fourth:
forth, fourth, fuerth, for, four, form, force, fork, fort, fore, forte, fours, firth, fores, foret, fourths, forse, forme, fora, furth, forr, forthy, forc, fource, foree, fauth, faur, faure, forry, foar, foro, forch, forero, faurot, fori, fore-, phoro, forro, pfor, -form, fuori, far, farm, fart, farther, farce, farse, pharo, fars, farr, fark, fara, fari, fower, pharm, foth, faar, phar, farro, farc, farra, pharr, ffar, farf, fahr, farai, farao, fahrt, pfarr, farq, ferge, fear, faith, fair, fears, fairy, fare, fairs, faire, fath, farah, feer, fares, farrow, farrah, faerie, faro, faery, fayre, fairie, farry, fairey, faithe, faeth, fehr, fayth, faroe, faira, feere, feier.