forth

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

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fɔːθ/
• (GenAm) 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):

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)θ
• Homophone: fourth

Etymology 1

From Middle English forth, from Old English forþ, from Proto-Germanic *furþą, from Proto-Indo-European *pŕ̥-to-, from *per-. Cognate with Dutch voort. See also ford.

Adverb

forth (not comparable)

1. 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[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], 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[illiam] B[abington] 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.

2. 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: […]

3. (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[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v]:

     I have no mind of feasting forth to-night.

Synonyms

• fromward

Derived terms

• and so forth
• back and forth
• blossom forth
• bring forth
• burst forth
• call forth
• come forth
• forth-
• forth-issuing
• give forth
• go forth
• hold forth
• pour forth
• put 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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Translations to be checked

• West Frisian: ^{(please verify)} fuort

Preposition

forth

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

     Some forth their cabins peepe.

Etymology 2

From fourth; compare forty.

Adjective

forth

1. Misspelling of fourth.

Noun

forth

1. Misspelling of fourth.

Anagrams

• froth

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• forð

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *furþą, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥to-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔrθ/

Adverb

forth

1. forwards, forth; onward

Preposition

forth

1. forward to, up to

Descendants

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