forth
adverbprepositionadjectivenouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//fɔːθ//
- United States//fɔɹθ//
- Australia//foːθ//
- Scotland//foɾθ//
- //foːθ//
Forward in time, place or degree.
adverb
- 1
archaicForward in time, place or degree.
From this time forth, I never will speak word.
say forth
“[…] 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.
- 2
archaicOut into view; from a particular place or position.
The plants in spring put forth leaves.
The robbers leapt forth from their place of concealment.
A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: […]
- 3
obsoleteBeyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out.
I have no mind of feasting forth to-night.
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.
Etymology
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.
preposition
- 1
obsoleteForth from; out of.
Some forth their cabins peepe.
adjective
- 1
Variant of fourthMisspelling of fourth.
Etymology
From fourth; compare forty.
noun
- 1
Variant of fourthMisspelling of fourth.