forth

See also Forth

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /foʊrθ/, /fɔːrθ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)θ
• Homophone: fourth

Etymology 1

From Middle English, from Old English forþ, from Proto-Germanic *furþo-, from Proto-Indo-European *prto-. Compare Dutch voort.

Adverb

forth (not comparable)

1. Forward in time, place or degree.
2. Out into view.
3. (obsolete) From a particular place or position.

Derived terms

• forth-

Related terms

and so forth back and forth blossom forth bring forth burst forth call forth come forth give forth

go forth hold forth pour forth put forth send forth set forth stand forth stretch forth

Translations

forward in time, place or degree

• Finnish: eteenpäin (fi)
• Polish: naprzód (pl)

• Russian: вперёд (ru) (vperjód), впредь (ru) (vpredʹ)

out into view

• Finnish: esiin (fi)

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• Dutch: voort (nl)

• West Frisian: fuort (fy)

Etymology 2

From fourth - compare forty

Adjective

forth

1. Common misspelling of fourth.

Noun

forth

1. Common misspelling of fourth.

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: making · towards · friends · #377: forth · fire · lost · human

Anagrams

• froth

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Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• forð

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *furþ-, from Proto-Indo-European *prto-. Cognate with Old English forþ (English forth).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /forθ/

Adverb

forth

1. forwards, forth; onward

Preposition

forth

1. forward to, up to