fourth
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
following the third position; number four in a countable series
Types & categories
- rank hypernym
Sense 2 adjective
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
Related & opposite
- ordinal similar to
Sense 3 adverb
in the fourth place
fourthly, you must pay the rent on the first of the month
Related & opposite
- fourth derived from
Sense 4 noun
one of four equal parts
a quarter of a pound
Types & categories
- common fraction hypernym
Related & opposite
- quarter derivation
- draw and quarter derivation
Sense 5 noun
the musical interval between one note and another four notes away from it
Types & categories
- musical interval hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | rank |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | ordinal |
| 3 | derived from | Related & opposite | fourth |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | quarter |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | draw and quarter |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | common fraction |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | musical interval |