Kilo Lingo

/fɔːθ/

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Translation

Coming after the third one in a line or an order; number four.

Word origin

From Old English feorþa, formed from feower, the old word for four.

Origin
Old English
Root
feorþa
English cognates
four, forty

Examples

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"Fourth" counts up from the ground: first, second, third, fourth.

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"The fourth time" means it has now happened four times.

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Here "fourth" says her place: three runners finished before her.

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This word is part of lesson 39.