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English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fɔːθ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /fɔɹθ/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /fo(ː)ɹθ/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /foəθ/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)θ
- Homophone: fourth
Etymology 1
From Middle English forth, from Old English forþ, from Proto-West Germanic *forþ, from Proto-Germanic *furþą, from Proto-Indo-European *pŕ̥-to-, from *per-. Cognate with Dutch voort. See also ford.
Adverb
forth (not comparable)
- Forward in time, place or degree.
- c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 159:
- From this time forth, I never will speak word.
- 1709-1725, John Strype, Annals of the Reformation in England:
- say forth
- 1918, W B Maxwell, chapter XIII, in The 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 launched forth into 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.
- Out into view; from a particular place or position.
- The plants in spring put forth leaves.
- The robbers leapt forth from their place of concealment.
- 1949, Joseph Campbell, “The Hero and the God”, in The Hero with a Thousand Faces:
- A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: […]
- (obsolete) Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out.
- c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
- I have no mind of feasting forth to-night.
- 1922, E R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros, London: Jonathan Cape, page 24:
- At the clashing of the cymbals the King sprang at Goldry as the panther springeth, and with the rush bare him backward and well nigh forth of the wrastling ground.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
forward in time, place or degree
out into view
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Preposition
forth
- (obsolete) Forth from; out of.
- a. 1631, John Donne, The Storme:
- Some forth their cabins peepe.
Etymology 2
Adjective
forth
- Misspelling of fourth.
Noun
forth
- Misspelling of fourth.
Anagrams
Old Saxon
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *furþą, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥to-.
Pronunciation
Adverb
forth
Preposition
forth
- forward to, up to