fourth Idioma

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Fourth estate

This is an idiomatic way of describing the media, especially the newspapers.

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fourth class(1)|class|fourth|fourth class

n. A class of mail that is not sealed and weighs a pound or more, that includes things that are bought and sold and sent in the mail, and printed things that are not second or third class mail. Bill sent away 98 cereal box tops and a dollar and got back a sheriff's badge and gun in the mail by fourth class.

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fourth world|fourth|world

n., informal The poor nations of the world, as distinguished from the oil-rich nations of the third world. Sri Lanka will never join OPEC, since it is a fourth world nation.

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fourth-class(2)|class|fourth|fourth class

fourth-class¹ adj. Belonging to the fourth class of mail. The package weighed a pound and a half, so it had to be sent by fourth-class mail.
fourth-class² adv. By fourth-class mail. How did the company mail the package? Fourth-class.