forth

adverb

/fɔːθ/

/fɔːrθ/

literary except in particular idioms and phrasal verbs For the special uses of forth in phrasal verbs, look at the entries for the verbs. For example bring somebody/something forth is in the phrasal verb section at bring.Idioms

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away from a place; out
- They set forth at dawn.
- Huge chimneys belched forth smoke and grime.
towards a place; forwards
- Water gushed forth from a hole in the rock.
Homophones forth | fourth
forth fourth
/fɔːθ/

/fɔːrθ/
- forth adverb
  The film cuts back and forth between the two stories.
- fourth ordinal number
  The fourth of July is Independence Day in the US.
- fourth noun (especially North American English)
  A fourth of the ski resorts in the Alps may not have enough snow this year.

Word OriginOld English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch voort and German fort, from an Indo-European root shared by fore-.

Idioms

and so forth

(also and so on (and so forth))

used at the end of a list to show that it continues in the same way
- We discussed everything—when to go, what to see and so on.

back and forth

from one place to another and back again repeatedly
- ferries sailing back and forth between the islands

from that day/time forth

(literary) beginning on that day; from that time
- From that day forth she gave me endless friendship and encouragement.
Topics Timec2

单词	forth
释义	forth adverb /fɔːθ/ /fɔːrθ/ literary except in particular idioms and phrasal verbs For the special uses of forth in phrasal verbs, look at the entries for the verbs. For example bring somebody/something forth is in the phrasal verb section at bring.Idioms jump to other results away from a place; out They set forth at dawn. Huge chimneys belched forth smoke and grime. towards a place; forwards Water gushed forth from a hole in the rock. Homophones forth \| fourthforth fourth /fɔːθ/ /fɔːrθ/ forth adverb The film cuts back and forth between the two stories. fourth ordinal number The fourth of July is Independence Day in the US. fourth noun (especially North American English) A fourth of the ski resorts in the Alps may not have enough snow this year. Word OriginOld English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch voort and German fort, from an Indo-European root shared by fore-. Idioms and so forth (also and so on (and so forth)) used at the end of a list to show that it continues in the same way We discussed everything—when to go, what to see and so on. back and forth from one place to another and back again repeatedly ferries sailing back and forth between the islands from that day/time forth (literary) beginning on that day; from that time From that day forth she gave me endless friendship and encouragement. Topics Timec2 Forth /fɔːθ/ /fɔːrθ/ jump to other results a river that flows through central Scotland into the North Sea. The long wide area of water where the Forth flows into the sea is called the firth of Forth, and is well known for the Forth Bridges.
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