1. Adjective
Next in order after the third; the ordinal of four.
2. Adjective
Forming one of four equal parts into which anything may be divided.
3. Noun
One of four equal parts into which one whole may be divided; the quotient of a unit divided by four; one coming next in order after the third.
4. Noun
The interval of two tones and a semitone, embracing four diatonic degrees of the scale; the subdominant of any key.
5. Noun
one of four equal parts; "a quarter of a pound"
Vocabulary classified under Mathematics
6. Noun
following the third position; number four in a countable series
Vocabulary classified under Sociology
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