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one-fourth

one-fourth

12 1.0
One of four equal parts, for example of a cake or pie
  • noun
  • /wʌn fɔrθ/
translation icon : cuarto
  • Today, the United States accounts for more than one-fourth of global primary energy consumption.
  • about one-fourth
  • nearly one-fourth
  • approximately one-fourth

Examples

  • Indeed, about one-fourth of those reporting significant vision loss are 65 years of age and older.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Mining, for example, accounted for almost one-fourth of Japanese direct investment abroad between 1972 and 1981.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Only one fourth of a dollar.

    Paper Moon (1973)

  • There were over one hundred candidates in these categories, or nearly one-fourth of all candidates.

    Academic text (1992)

  • By the fifth grade, about one-fourth of the students are enrolled in serious after-school academic courses.

    Academic text (1993)

  • More than one-fourth of boys and 18% of girls persisted as overweight or obese.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Family-operated farms produced most of the non-coffee production and at least one-fourth of the coffee in 1920.

    Academic text (1992)

  • About half of China's land is irrigated, compared to approximately one-fourth of India's.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Recent forecasts suggest that, by 2030, Latinos will represent approximately one-fourth of the nation's young.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Only one-fourth of a dollar is 25 cents.

Synonyms

quarter
vsone-fourth
∞ 1.3

One of four equal parts or periods of time

is limited to the simple mathematical part, not periods or time
one-quarter
vsone-fourth
29 1.0

One of four equal parts of a whole

is the alternate written form with identical meaning
fourth
vsone-fourth
21 1.0

One of four equal parts of something

is the same idea expressed in a different form
fourth part
vsone-fourth
1 1.0

One of four equal pieces of something

is the same meaning but uses a different phrasing

How Much

whole
484 1.0
one-half
61 1.0
one-third
129 1.0
one-fourth
12 1.0
one-sixth
7 1.0
one-eighth
3 1.0

Surface Forms

one-fourth singular
one-fourths plural

Morphology

one-fourth = one + fourth (transparent) = one + four + th

The components are literal numerals: 'four' + ordinal suffix '-th' = 'fourth', and 'one' + 'fourth' directly denotes the fraction 1/4.

Etymology

One-fourth means 'one of four equal parts'. Think of cutting a cake into four pieces: one piece is one-fourth, the same as a quarter, because fourth shows it comes from four parts.