English Explanatory Dictionary

forth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. Forward in time, place or degree.
  2. Out into view; from a particular place or position.
  3. Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out.
prep
  1. Forth from; out of.
adj
  1. Misspelling of fourth.
noun
  1. Misspelling of fourth.
name
  1. A river in Scotland that flows for about 47 km (29 miles) from The Trossachs through Stirling to the Firth of Forth on the North Sea.
  2. A sea area that covers the Firth of Forth
name
  1. A village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9453).
  2. A village in Central Coast council area and the City of Devonport, northern Tasmania, Australia.
name
  1. An imperative, stack-based high-level concatenative programming language, used mostly in control applications.

Pronunciation

/fɔːθ/ /fəθ/ /fɔɹθ/ /fɚθ/ /fo(ː)ɹθ/ /foəθ/ en-us-forth.ogg

Word forms

forth the Forth

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.

Synonyms

fromward

Related words

Forth and Bargy

Derived words

and so forth back and forth blossom forth body forth bring forth burst forth call forth come forth find forth forth- forthby forthcome forthgo forth-issuing forthwithal furthen further give forth go forth henceforth hold forth launch forth pour forth put forth sally forth send forth set forth show forth stand forth straightforth stretch forth thenceforth turn forth whenceforth Firth of Forth
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