fourth

«fourth» in Mova's school dictionary: number four in order: the one after the third — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective, noun (fourth, fourths); adverb

meaning for a pupil

1) Fourth is number four in order: the one after the third. tree →

2) A fourth is one of four equal parts, the same as a quarter. tree →

sense in the lessons

after «a» or a number: one of four equal parts; after «the»: a place in order; in the USA, fourth grade is a school year; phrases: «a fourth of», «three fourths», «the fourth», «fourth grade»

examples

• Zoe loses a fourth of them. tree →
• Anna is the fourth in the line. tree →
• Ben ate a fourth of the 12 cookies. tree →
• Thursday is the fourth day if the week starts on Monday. tree →
• My sister is in fourth grade. tree →
• Three fourths of the class like football. tree →
• She came fourth in the race. tree →
• Each child gets a fourth of the pizza. tree →
• Then he threw his nets for the fourth time. tree →

note

«a fourth of N» is N ÷ 4; «the fourth» is a place in order, not a fraction. Short form: 4th. Trap: «fourth» (4th) and «forth» (forward) sound the same.

In the corpora

• A pterosaur wing was skin stretched from a very long fourth finger.
• Fourth: ask how we know.
• Lightning and glowing signs contain plasma, a fourth state: gas so hot or charged that its atoms lose electrons.
• The fourth time he fell and scraped his head and had to see the doctor.
• Three safe rides did not make the fourth one safe.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fourth» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.