Meaning of fourth | Babel Free

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1. The Fourth of July.
   US
2. The person or thing in the fourth position.
   singular
3. The Fourth of July
4. A quarter, one of four equal parts of a whole.
   US
5. having four (of something). a four-man team. viertal مُكَوَّن من أربَعَه имащ четири de quatro čtyř- vier-... fire- τετρα- de cuatro nelja- چهار تایی neli- de quatre (...) ארבע चार koji se sastoji od četiri dijela négyes empat með fjórum di quattro ４－ 4개의 keturių četr- empat vier- fire- cztero-, o czterech ... څلور de quatro de patru (...) четырёх- štvor- štiri-... četvoro- fyr- กลุ่มที่มี 4 คน dörtlü/dört kişilik... 有四(人)的 чотири- چار کی عدد میں ہونا thuộc số bốn 有四（人）的
6. The fourth gear of an engine.
   singular
7. fourth, quarter (one of four equal divisions of a whole) quarter-hour (one of four equal divisions of an hour) watch (one of the four approximately equal divisions of the night, especially for shifts of watchmen) watch (one of the four equal divisions of soldiers, guards, police, &c. for routine patrols) English or American quart (a unit of liquid measure equal to ⁄4 galón, equivalent to about 0.95 L) cuarto, quarter-sack (a traditional unit of dry measure equal to ⁄4 saco, equivalent to about 27.8 L) quarter (one of the four main divisions of the body of quadrapeds and birds) quarter (one of the four main divisions of the body of criminals for public display)
8. a group of four people, especially for playing games, eg golf. We'll play in a foursome. viertal فرقة من أربَعَه каре quarteto čtveřice das Viererspiel, das Quartett firemands- τετράδαgrupo de cuatro paarismäng, neljakesi گروه چهار نفری nelinpeli à quatreרביעייה चार लोगों का समूह četvero, četvorka páros berempat fjórmenningur partita giocata da due coppie; quartetto ４人組 포섬(골프에서 쌍쌍의 2조가 각 조 하나의 공을 써서 번갈아 치는 경기) ketvertas četru cilvēku grupa; četratā berempat viertal mellom/for fire czwórka څلو...
   especially
9. A musical interval which spans four degrees of the diatonic scale, for example C to F (C D E F).
10. quarter-hour (one of four equal divisions of an hour)
11. a person or animal that is four years old. vier jaar oud في الرابِعة من العُمْر четири годишен (pessoa) de quatro anos čtyřletý (člověk, zvíře apod.) der/die Vierjährige fire år gammel τετράχρονος (για πρόσωπο ή ζώο) (persona) de cuatro años nelja-aastane هر چیز چهار ساله nelivuotias (individu, etc.) âgé de quatre ans בֵּן אַרבַּע कोई व्यक्ति या जानवर जिसकी उम्र चार साल की हो četverogodišnjak négyéves umur fjögurra ára gamall (persona, ecc.) di quattro anni ４歳の子 4살 keturmetis četrus gadus vec...
12. One sixtieth of a third or tierce.
    rare
13. watch (one of the four approximately equal divisions of the night, especially for shifts of watchmen)
14. (of a person, animal or thing) that is four years old. vierjarige في الرابعة من العُمر на четири години de quatro anos čtyřletý vierjährig fireårig τετράχρονος de cuatro años nelja-aastane چهار ساله nelivuotias de quatre ans בַּעָל אַרבַּע - चार साल की उम्र के व्यक्ति या जानवर के संबंध में cetverogodišnji négyéves berumur fjögurra ára di quattro anni ４歳の 4살의 ketverių metų četrgadīgs berusia empat tahun vierjarig fireårs-, fireårig czteroletni څلور کلنی de quatro anos de patru ani четырёхлетни...
15. on hands and knees. He went up the steep path on all fours. viervoetig على أربَعَه، على اليَدَيْن والرجلَيْن на четири крака de gatinhas po čtyřech auf allen Vieren på alle fire στα τέσσερα a gatas, a cuatro patas neljakäpakil چهار دست و پا nelin kontin à quatre pattesעל ארבע हाथ पांव पर cetveronoške négykézláb merangkak á fjórum fótum carponi, a quattro zampe ４つんばいで 네 발로 기어 ant visų keturių četrrāpus merangkak op handen en voetenpå alle fire na czworakach په چتکیا de gatas de patru ani на че...
16. The ordinal number matching the number four in a series.
17. One of four equal parts.
18. Music a. A tone four degrees above or below a given tone in a diatonic scale.
    Music
19. The transmission gear or gear ratio used to produce forward speeds next higher to those of third in a motor vehicle.
20. Fourth The Fourth of July; Independence Day. Used with the: went to a parade on the Fourth.
    the:

Equivalents

Examples

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

“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”

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

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