fourth part
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- noun
- /fɔrθ pɑrt/
:
cuarta parte
- The cake was divided into four equal pieces, and each piece is called a fourth part.
They divided the human consciousness into these four parts.
- They divided the human consciousness into these four parts.
- She's finding out what she actually is, which we'll find we'll find out as readers in the fourth part of the story.
- And it is the one place in which I absolutely need AC and C solution because the visor has four parts.
- And then it's head splits into four parts like the Demi Gorgon and thing one goes, I did not see that coming.
Examples
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A fourth part of the biblical witness can serve as a transition to our reflections on compassion, for it deals with the biblical theme of the relationship between justice and forgiveness.
Academic text (1995) -
Of the money that came to the churches in the monasteries, he gave a fourth part for this purpose.
Blog text (12) -
The problem lies within the fourth part of the business chain.
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In the fourth part of his letter, he writes:
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The next one is going to be probably the third or fourth part of the Punic War series.
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The fourth part of the UWM/MPS partnership was professional development for music teachers.
Academic text (2004) -
At the end of the fourth part, he explains the causes of his feelings for Calchas' daughter.
Fiction book (1991) -
The fourth part of this paper presents a discussion that concentrates on the national forest plan and its environmental role.
Academic text (2006) -
The fourth part, entitled "Christian Prayer," summarizes the lex orandi, the life of prayer.
Blog text (7) -
The following comprises the fourth part of an ongoing series (See Part I here, Part II here, Part III here), which shall comprise six parts in total, rather than the five originally advertised.
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Synonyms
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1.3
One of four equal parts or periods of time
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5.6
One of four equal parts of a circle or area
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1.0
One of four equal parts of a whole
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1.0
One of four equal parts of something
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One of four equal parts, for example of a cake or pie
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'one of four equal divisions (a quarter)' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'fourth' (one of four) with 'part' (a piece or component of a whole). This numeric + noun compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows standard English morphology, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The compound noun fourth part comes from the simple image of dividing something into four equal pieces, like cutting a cake into four slices. A single fourth part is one of those equal pieces, so it means 'a quarter'.