forth

See also:Forth,forþ,forð,forth-,forð-,andforþ-

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/fɔːθ/
• (General American)IPA^(key):/fɔɹθ/
• (rhotic,without thehorse–hoarsemerger)IPA^(key):/fo(ː)ɹθ/
• (non-rhotic,without thehorse–hoarsemerger)IPA^(key):/foəθ/

• Audio(US):

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• Rhymes:-ɔː(ɹ)θ
• Homophone:fourth

Etymology 1

FromMiddle Englishforth,fromOld Englishforþ,fromProto-West Germanic*forþ,fromProto-Germanic*furþą,fromProto-Indo-European*pŕ̥-to-,from*per-.Cognate withDutchvoort.See alsoford.

Adverb

forth(notcomparable)

1. Forwardintime,placeordegree.
   • c.1603–1604(date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”,inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard,andEd[ward]Blount,published1623,→OCLC,[Act V, scene ii],page159:

     From this timeforth,I never will speak word.

   • 1709-1725,John Strype,Annals of the Reformation in England

     sayforth

   • 1918,W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell,chapter XIII, inThe Mirror and the Lamp,Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC:

     “[…]They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launchedforthinto a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.

2. Outintoview;from a particular place or position.

   The plants in spring putforthleaves.

   The robbers leaptforthfrom their place of concealment.

   • 1949,Joseph Campbell,“The Hero and the God”, inThe Hero with a Thousand Faces:

     A hero venturesforthfrom the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder:[…]

3. (obsolete)Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out.
   • c.1596–1598(date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”,inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard,andEd[ward]Blount,published1623,→OCLC,[Act II, scene v]:

     I have no mind of feastingforthto-night.

Synonyms

• fromward

Derived terms

• and so forth
• back and forth
• blossom forth
• body forth
• bring forth
• burst forth
• call forth
• come forth
• find forth
• forth-
• forth-issuing
• give forth
• go forth
• hold forth
• pour forth
• put forth
• sally forth
• send forth
• set forth
• show forth
• stand forth
• stretch forth
• turn forth

Translations

forward in time, place or degree

• Bulgarian:напред(bg)(napred),нататък(natatǎk)
• Catalan:envant
• Dutch:voort(nl),voorwaarts(nl)
• Esperanto:antaŭen
• Finnish:eteenpäin(fi)
• Georgian:წინ(c̣in)
• Polish:naprzód(pl)
• Russian:вперёд(ru)(vperjód),впредь(ru)(vpredʹ)
• Ukrainian:впере́д(vperéd),да́лі(dáli)

out into view

• Bulgarian:на показ(na pokaz)
• Dutch:voort(nl),tevoorschijn(nl)
• Finnish:esiin(fi)

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• West Frisian:^{(pleaseverify)}fuort

Preposition

forth

1. (obsolete)Forth from; out of.
   • a.1631,John Donne,The Storme:

     Someforththeir cabins peepe.

Etymology 2

Fromfourth;compareforty.

Adjective

forth

1. Misspelling offourth.

Noun

forth

1. Misspelling offourth.

Anagrams

• froth

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• forð

Etymology

FromProto-Germanic*furþą,fromProto-Indo-European*pr̥to-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/fɔrθ/

Adverb

forth

1. forwards,forth;onward

Preposition

forth

1. forwardto, up to

Descendants

• Middle Low German:fort,vort
  • German Low German:foort
  • →Danish:fort
  • →Norwegian:fort
  • →Swedish:fort