Understanding Dictionary Order

To determine which word comes at the fourth position in dictionary order, we need to arrange the given words alphabetically, comparing them letter by letter from the beginning.

Listing the Given Words

The words we need to sort are:

• Weep
• Ween
• Weed
• Weight
• Week

Comparing Letters for Sorting

First, let's look at the starting letters. All words begin with 'W', and the second letter is 'e'. Now, we compare the third letter:

• Weed
• Week
• Ween
• Weep
• Weight

We observe that four words start with 'Wee' and one word, 'Weight', starts with 'Weigh'. Since the letter 'e' comes before 'i' in the alphabet, all words starting with 'Wee' will appear before 'Weight' in the dictionary order.

Next, we sort the four words that start with 'Wee' based on their fourth letter:

• Weed (fourth letter: 'd')
• Week (fourth letter: 'k')
• Ween (fourth letter: 'n')
• Weep (fourth letter: 'p')

Arranging these based on the alphabetical order of their fourth letters ('d', 'k', 'n', 'p'):

1. Weed
2. Week
3. Ween
4. Weep

Determining the Final Dictionary Order

Now, we place 'Weight' after the 'Wee' words, as established earlier. The complete list of words arranged in dictionary order is:

1. Weed
2. Week
3. Ween
4. Weep
5. Weight

Identifying the Fourth Word

By examining the sorted list, we can see that the word occupying the fourth position is Weep.