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forth

UK/fɔːθ/ US/foːθ/ common formal

adverb

1.

from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)

  • “ran away from the lion”
  • “wanted to get away from there”
  • “sent the children away to boarding school”
  • “the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal”
  • “went off to school”
  • “they drove off”
  • “go forth and preach”
Synonyms
2.

forward in time or order or degree

  • “from that time forth”
  • “from the sixth century onward”
3.

out into view

  • “came forth from the crowd”
  • “put my ideas forth”

Origin

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-. Cognates include Dutch voort and German fort. See also ford.

Phrases

  • and so forth
  • back and forth
  • blossom forth
  • body forth
  • bring forth
  • burst forth
  • call forth
  • come forth

Related words

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