Forth

Pronunciation

• IPA: /foəɹθ/, /fɔːɹθ/, /fɔːθ/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)θ
• Homophones: fourth

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

Full definition of forth

Adverb

1. Forward in time, place or degree.
• ShakespeareFrom this time forth, I never will speak word.
• StrypeI repeated the Ave Maria; the inquisitor bade me say forth; I said I was taught no more.
• 1918, W. B. Maxwell, The Mirror and the Lamp Chapter 13, “… 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. Out into view; from a particular place or position.The plants in spring put forth leaves.The robbers leapt forth from their place of concealment.
3. (obsolete) Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out.
• ShakespeareI have no mind of feasting forth to-night.
4. (obsolete) Thoroughly; from beginning to end.

Derived terms

• forth-

Preposition

1. (obsolete) Forth from; out of.
• John DonneSome forth their cabins peep.

From fourth - compare forty

Adjective

1. Misspelling of fourth

Noun

1. Misspelling of fourth

Anagrams

• froth