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- [fawrth, fohrth]
- /fɔrθ, foʊrθ/
- /fɔːθ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [fawrth, fohrth]
- /fɔrθ, foʊrθ/
Definitions of forth word
- adverb forth onward or outward in place or space; forward: to come forth; go forth. 1
- adverb forth onward in time, in order, or in a series: from that day forth. 1
- adverb forth out, as from concealment or inaction; into view or consideration: The author's true point comes forth midway through the book. 1
- adverb forth away, as from a place or country: to journey forth. 1
- preposition forth Archaic. out of; forth from. 1
- noun forth Firth of, an arm of the North Sea, in SE Scotland: estuary of Forth River. 48 miles (77 km) long. 1
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Origin of forth
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with German fort; akin to further
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Forth
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
forth popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
forth usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for forth
adv forth
- forward — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
- onward — toward a point ahead or in front; forward, as in space or time.
- away — If someone or something moves or is moved away from a place, they move or are moved so that they are no longer there. If you are away from a place, you are not in the place where people expect you to be.
- out — away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner.
- first — being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.
adjective forth
- well-developed — to bring out the capabilities or possibilities of; bring to a more advanced or effective state: to develop natural resources; to develop one's musical talent.
- propulsive — the act or process of propelling.
- in advance — to move or bring forward: The general advanced his troops to the new position.
- forward-looking — planning for or anticipating possible future events, conditions, etc.; progressive.
Antonyms for forth
adverb forth
- back — If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
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