4th
adj, name ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Abbreviation of fourth. abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
"Nevertheless, the federal government still manages to get things done on a day-to-day basis, and that is primarily due to the so-called 4th branch of government — the administrative and regulatory state that employs 2 million workers, invests trillions of dollars each year on things like air pollution monitoring and cutting-edge clean energy research, and makes rules that protect us all."
- 1 coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude wordnet
- 1 Alternative form of Fourth. alt-of, alternative
Example
More examples"Nevertheless, the federal government still manages to get things done on a day-to-day basis, and that is primarily due to the so-called 4th branch of government — the administrative and regulatory state that employs 2 million workers, invests trillions of dollars each year on things like air pollution monitoring and cutting-edge clean energy research, and makes rules that protect us all."
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