fourth

Definition

  • noun: number four in a series
  • noun: a musical interval embracing four tones of the diatonic scale
  • used with 'the'
  • synonyms: quarter, quartern, ¼

Examples

  • I'll be flying in on the 'fourth'. [=the fourth day of the month]

  • He got a base hit in the 'fourth'. [=the fourth inning]

  • She drank a 'fourth' of the bottle.

Movie quotes

  • (..) we are blessed. Omphalos, the lost temple of Pan. What mastery. Looks like the work of Philodysos, fourth century BC. (woman reading in Greek) Man: What is that? It's a map of Pandemonium. The mythical world of the Pans? (..)
    2009 The Black Waters of Echo's Pond