What part of speech is fourth?

Fourth can be categorized as a noun and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. fourth is a noun, singular of fourths.
  • 2. fourth is an adjective, not comparable.

Inflections

Noun

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • fourth 
    Not comparable
    Not comparable
  • Positive: fourth 
  • Comparative: Not comparable
  • Superlative: Not comparable

What does fourth mean?

Definitions

Adjective

fourth - coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude; "the quaternary period of geologic time extends from the end of the tertiary period to the present"

Noun

fourth - the musical interval between one note and another four notes away from it
fourth - following the third position; number four in a countable series
fourth - one of four equal parts; "a quarter of a pound"

Examples of fourth

#   Sentence  
1. adj. *4. The fourth element of the current world conflict is the total breaking of all laws.*
2. adj. This is now my fourth week and I have made a total of $42,000.00 and it's still coming rapidly.
3. adj. This is about the fourth time they've done my horse's feet because I just switched back to them.
4. adj. The fourth period was moved up to the third.
5. adj. April is the fourth month of the year.
6. adj. Two is the fourth root of sixteen.
7. adj. My decided preference is the fourth and the last of these alternatives.
8. adj. My office is on the fourth floor of that gray six-story building.
9. adj. My apartment is on the fourth floor.
10. adj. I have put aside one fourth of my salary for the last three years.
11. adj. I come here every Fourth of July.
12. adj. GNP increased at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.5% in the fourth quarter.
13. adj. In the fourth place, I do not want people to think that I am afraid of anything.
14. adj. In the fourth place, even if we succeeded in carrying off the bear cubs, we could not run up a mountain without stopping to rest.
15. adj. The fourth month is called April.
16. noun (it's all outdoors and the pictures are only a fourth of the real Everland!).
Sentence  
adj.
*4. The fourth element of the current world conflict is the total breaking of all laws.*
This is now my fourth week and I have made a total of $42,000.00 and it's still coming rapidly.
This is about the fourth time they've done my horse's feet because I just switched back to them.
The fourth period was moved up to the third.
April is the fourth month of the year.
Two is the fourth root of sixteen.
My decided preference is the fourth and the last of these alternatives.
My office is on the fourth floor of that gray six-story building.
My apartment is on the fourth floor.
I have put aside one fourth of my salary for the last three years.
I come here every Fourth of July.
GNP increased at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.5% in the fourth quarter.
In the fourth place, I do not want people to think that I am afraid of anything.
In the fourth place, even if we succeeded in carrying off the bear cubs, we could not run up a mountain without stopping to rest.
The fourth month is called April.
noun
(it's all outdoors and the pictures are only a fourth of the real Everland!).

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