forth

¹

[fawrth, fohrth]

adverb

1. onward or outward in place or space; forward.

   to come forth; go forth.

2. onward in time, in order, or in a series.

   from that day forth.

3. out, as from concealment or inaction; into view or consideration.

   The author's true point comes forth midway through the book.

4. away, as from a place or country.

   to journey forth.

preposition

1. Archaic.,  out of; forth from.

Forth

²

[fawrth, fohrth]

noun

1. Firth of, an arm of the North Sea, in SE Scotland: estuary of Forth River. 48 miles (77 km) long.

2. a river in S central Scotland, flowing E into the Firth of Forth. 116 miles (187 km) long.

forth

¹

/ fɔːθ /

adverb

1. forward in place, time, order, or degree

2. out, as from concealment, seclusion, or inaction

3. away, as from a place or country

4. and so on; et cetera

preposition

1. archaic,  out of; away from

Forth

²

/ fɔːθ /

noun

1. an inlet of the North Sea in SE Scotland: spanned by a cantilever railway bridge 1600 m (almost exactly 1 mile) long (1889), and by a road bridge (1964)

2. a river in S Scotland, flowing generally east to the Firth of Forth. Length: about 104 km (65 miles)

Word History and Origins

Origin of forth¹

before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with German fort; akin to further

Word History and Origins

Origin of forth¹

Old English; related to Middle High German vort ; see _for , _further

Idioms and Phrases

see and so forth; back and forth; bring forth; hold forth; put forth; set forth.

Example Sentences

“Rather than going back and forth, we decided to take the high road,” says Seager, his manager.

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Mary and I passed the bottle back and forth, our hands grazing, the only hint of intimacy those days.

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Though I agree with many of Jane Leavy’s suggestions for reforming baseball, I think she omitted an important one: No more music, drumbeats, sound effects, and so forth after every pitch.

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Meanwhile, a bill currently in the Israeli Knesset put forth by Benjamin Netanyahu’s communications minister aims to shut down public television and radically expand government control over the country’s independent media and cultural institutions.

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The expansive 10-point memo, dubbed the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” puts forth a wide-ranging set of terms the administration says are intended to elevate university standards and performance.

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