fourth (noun)
1fourth estate — noun the press, including journalists, newspaper writers, photographers • Hypernyms: ↑estate of the realm, ↑estate, ↑the three estates * * * ↑fourth estate * * * the ˌfourth eˈstate f33 [fourth estate] …
2Fourth of July — noun a legal holiday in the United States (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑Independence Day, ↑July 4 • Hypernyms: ↑legal holiday, ↑national holiday, ↑public holiday • Part Holonyms …
3fourth — [fɔːθ ǁ fɔːrθ] adjective ACCOUNTING fourth half/quarter/period the fourth half, quarter etc of the financial year * * * fourth UK US /fɔːθ/ adjective [before noun] ► relating to the last three month period of a company s financial year:… …
4fourth wall — noun : an imaginary wall (as the opening of the proscenium in a theater) that keeps performers from recognizing or directly addressing their audience * * * Theat. the imaginary wall of a box set, separating the actors from the audience. [1800 10] …
5fourth — noun (esp. AmE) ⇨ See also ↑quarter VERB + FOURTH ▪ cut sth into fourths, divide sth into fourths, fold sth into fourths PREPOSITION ▪ …
6fourth — noun (plural fourths) Date: before 12th century 1. see number table 2. a. a musical interval embracing four tones of the diatonic scale b. a tone at this interval; specifically subdominant 1 c. the harmonic combination of two tones a fourth apart …
7fourth quarter — UK US (also fourth quarter) adjective [before noun] (ABBREVIATION Q4) ACCOUNTING ► relating to the last three month period in a company s financial year: »Our fourth quarter figures show an increase in sales …
8fourth cranial nerve — noun either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes • Syn: ↑trochlear, ↑trochlear nerve, ↑trochlearis • Hypernyms: ↑cranial nerve * * * noun or …
9fourth deck — noun the fourth or lowest deck • Syn: ↑orlop deck, ↑orlop • Hypernyms: ↑deck * * * noun : the lowest deck in a typical merchant ship of many decks; sometimes …
10fourth dimension — noun a) The fourth coordinate indicating a position along the fourth axis. b) The dimension of time. See Also: four dimensional …
