Examples of “fourth” in a Sentence

adj Coming after the third in a sequence; the ordinal form of four.

• This is the fourth time I have called the shop this week.
• He lives on the fourth floor, so we take the lift.
• She finished fourth in the race.

noun One of four equal parts of a whole; a quarter.

• Cut the cake and give each of the four guests a fourth.
• Only one fourth of the class had handed in their homework by Friday.
• He ate a fourth of the pie.

noun In music, an interval spanning four notes of the scale, such as C to F.

• The two singers harmonized a fourth apart, which gave the song an open sound.
• From C up to F is a fourth, so that is what you play.
• The opening notes form a perfect fourth.