noun
- Following the third position; number four in a countable series.
- One of four equal parts.
- usage: "a quarter of a pound"
- synonyms: one-fourth, one-quarter, quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, quartern
- The musical interval between one note and another four notes away from it.
adjective
- Coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude.
- usage: "the quaternary period of geologic time extends from the end of the tertiary period to the present"
- synonyms: 4th, quaternary
adverb
- In the fourth place.
- usage: "fourthly, you must pay the rent on the first of the month"
- synonyms: fourthly
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