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

They specified that they were leaving the items pictured in pages 1 to 9 to Child A, the items on pages 10 to 18 to Child B and so forth.

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The subsequent Wings Over Europe tour rolled forth in a bus whose top speed was 38 miles an hour.

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In nearly 150 years of back and forth, the rivalry has always raised questions over which side truly embodies the “Spirit of Cricket.”

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“I felt horrible, but then I was like, Should I feel horrible? I go back and forth with it all the time.”

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I sign to Autumn by taking four fingers on either hand, pointing them to my chest, and bending my wrists back and forth.

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