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forth
1[ fawrth, fohrth ]
adverb
- onward or outward in place or space; forward:
to come forth; go forth.
- onward in time, in order, or in a series:
from that day forth.
- out, as from concealment or inaction; into view or consideration:
The author's true point comes forth midway through the book.
- away, as from a place or country:
to journey forth.
preposition
- Archaic. out of; forth from.
Forth
2[ fawrth, fohrth ]
noun
- Firth of, an arm of the North Sea, in SE Scotland: estuary of Forth River. 48 miles (77 km) long.
- a river in S central Scotland, flowing E into the Firth of Forth. 116 miles (187 km) long.
Forth
1/ ´ÚÉ”Ëθ /
noun
- Firth of Forthan 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)
- a river in S Scotland, flowing generally east to the Firth of Forth. Length: about 104 km (65 miles)
forth
2/ ´ÚÉ”Ëθ /
adverb
- forward in place, time, order, or degree
- out, as from concealment, seclusion, or inaction
- away, as from a place or country
- and so on; et cetera
preposition
- archaic.out of; away from
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of forth1
Idioms and Phrases
see and so forth ; back and forth ; bring forth ; hold forth ; put forth ; set forth .Example Sentences
With our daughter and dog, Sean and I shuttled back and forth between my mother-in-law’s and parents’ houses for the next two weeks.
The back and forth between DHL and the White House comes as the US government looks to clamp down on deliveries under $800 - specifically those sent from China and Hong Kong.
Kennedy’s words were so averse to understanding the truth about autism that they deserve to be set forth here in some detail.
Harvard filed a lawsuit against the administration of President Donald Trump on Monday, alleging that a funding freeze put forth by Trump's Department of Education was violating the institution's constitutional rights.
Fueled by an intense hatred for Donald Trump, Dylan Hernández puts forth a feeble and biased argument against the Dodgers’ visit to the White House.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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