forth
English
editPronunciation
edit- (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
editFrom 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
editforth (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[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.
- 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[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v]:
- I have no mind of feasting forth to-night.
- 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros[1], 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
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editTranslations
editforward in time, place or degree
out into view
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Preposition
editforth
- (obsolete) Forth from; out of.
- a. 1631, John Donne, The Storme:
- Some forth their cabins peepe.
Etymology 2
editAdjective
editforth
- Misspelling of fourth.
Noun
editforth
- Misspelling of fourth.
Anagrams
editOld Saxon
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *furþą, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥to-.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editforth
Preposition
editforth
- forward to, up to
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