Antonyms for fourth


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : fawrth, fohrth
Phonetic Transcription : fɔrθ, foʊrθ


Definition of fourth

Origin :
  • mid-15c., alteration, by influence of four, of ferthe, from Old English feorða; see four + -th (1). Cf. Old Saxon fiortho, Old Norse fiorðe, Dutch vierde, Old High German fiordo, German vierte.
  • As in quarter : noun one of four equal parts
  • As in quarter : verb divide into four equal parts
Example sentences :
  • On the fourth and fifth days, however, he had the reward for his caution.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • He was the head of the school when I, the elder, was a lout in the lower fourth.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • The "missing fourth side" of the room is a commonplace recognized by all.
  • Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
  • It should not be a tomb save as upon the fourth day the sepulchre in the garden!
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Look here; he ain't that Roberts from the big store on Fourth Street?
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • The fourth act sets forth the same argument we find in the sonnets.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • Again, in the fourth, sixth, and seventh sonnets the same plea is urged.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • I was happy to stand fourth from Ongyatasse in the order of our running.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • Has finished the fourth form: is straightforward and obliging.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
  • O'Mooney was detected a fourth time, and this time he was not ashamed.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

Synonyms for fourth

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