forth

¹

[fawrth, fohrth]

adverb

1. onward or outward in place or space; forward.

   to come forth; go forth.

2. onward in time, in order, or in a series.

   from that day forth.

3. out, as from concealment or inaction; into view or consideration.

   The author's true point comes forth midway through the book.

4. away, as from a place or country.

   to journey forth.

preposition

1. Archaic.,  out of; forth from.

Forth

²

[fawrth, fohrth]

noun

1. Firth of, an arm of the North Sea, in SE Scotland: estuary of Forth River. 48 miles (77 km) long.

2. a river in S central Scotland, flowing E into the Firth of Forth. 116 miles (187 km) long.

forth

¹

/ fɔːθ /

adverb

1. forward in place, time, order, or degree

2. out, as from concealment, seclusion, or inaction

3. away, as from a place or country

4. and so on; et cetera

preposition

1. archaic,  out of; away from

Forth

²

/ fɔːθ /

noun

1. an inlet of the North Sea in SE Scotland: spanned by a cantilever railway bridge 1600 m (almost exactly 1 mile) long (1889), and by a road bridge (1964)

2. a river in S Scotland, flowing generally east to the Firth of Forth. Length: about 104 km (65 miles)

Word History and Origins

Origin of forth¹

before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with German fort; akin to further

Word History and Origins

Origin of forth¹

Old English; related to Middle High German vort ; see _for , _further

Idioms and Phrases

see and so forth; back and forth; bring forth; hold forth; put forth; set forth.

Example Sentences

The first of the Royal Navy's Type 31 ships, to be named HMS Venturer, has already been floated in the Firth of Forth and is in dry dock being fitted out.

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It lies close to the main Edinburgh to Glasgow rail line and Forth and Clyde canal.

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A technical solution to these issues has still to be approved by local authority planners and NHS Forth Valley said it can't say when the ward will open until this happens.

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Mitchell Forth, who was convicted of manslaughter, was sentenced to 12 years in jail.

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Officers were called to the Strawberry Garden store on Forth Street in Pollokshields shortly after midnight on Saturday.

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