forth
pronunciation
How to pronounce forth in British English:
UK [fɔːθ]
How to pronounce forth in American English:
US [fɔːrθ]
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- Adverb:
- from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)
- forward in time or order or degree
- out into view
Word Origin
- forth
- forth: [OE] Forth can be traced back to the same Indo-European source, *pr, as produced English first, for, fore, foremost, former, from, and before. It formed the basis of a word *prto ‘forwards’, whose Germanic descendant *furtha gave German fort, Dutch voort, and English forth. Modern English forward(s) [OE], which has largely replaced forth in general use, was originally a compound formed from forth and -ward.Other related forms include afford, which originally meant ‘accomplish, fulfil’, forthwith [14], at first literally ‘along with’, hence ‘at the same time as’ and ‘immediately’, and further.=> afford, before, first, for, fore, former, from, further
- forth (adv.)
- Old English forð "forward, onward, further; continually;" as a preposition, "during," perfective of fore, from Proto-Germanic *furtha- "forward" (cognates: Old Frisian, Old Saxon forth "forward, onward," Old Norse forð, Dutch voort, German fort), from extended form of PIE root *per- (1) "forward, through" (see per). The construction in and so forth was in Old English.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Twilight bounds softly forth on the grass .
- 2. Eg. switching between these states allows grier to move objects back and forth .
- 3. Then if you have to divert from your original plan and wing it , you 're in a better position to go forth creatively and boldly .
- 4. Recalling the dark days of the war of independence , he pledged , like george washington , that in the face of common danger americans under his leadership would come forth to meet it .
- 5. With the photograph in his hand , he ventures forth , his earlier timidity gone , he walks assuredly , as if he knows where he is going .