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forth
forward, as in back and forth; outward; onward: go forth and multiply
Not to be confused with:
fourth – next after the third: her fourth helping of dessert
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Forth
(fôrth) A river of south-central Scotland flowing about 100 km (60 mi) eastward to the Firth of Forth, a wide inlet of the North Sea.
forth
(fôrth)adv.
1. Forward in time, place, or order; onward: from this time forth.
2. Out into view: A stranger came forth from the crowd; put my ideas forth.
3. Obsolete Away from a specified place; abroad.
prep. Archaic
Out of; forth from.
[Middle English, from Old English; see per in Indo-European roots.]
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forth
(fɔːθ)adv
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
prep
archaic out of; away from
[Old English; related to Middle High German vort; see for, further]
Forth
(fɔːθ)n
1. (Placename) Firth of Forth 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. (Placename) a river in S Scotland, flowing generally east to the Firth of Forth. Length: about 104 km (65 miles)
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forth
(fɔrθ, foʊrθ)adv.
1. onward or outward in place or space; forward or away: to go forth.
2. onward in time, in order, or in a series: from that day forth.
3. out, as from concealment; into view or consideration.
prep. 4. Archaic. out of; forth from.
[before 900; Middle English]
Forth
(fɔrθ, foʊrθ)n.
1. Firth of, an arm of the North Sea, in SE Scotland: estuary of Forth River. 48 mi. (77 km) long.
2. a river in S central Scotland, flowing E into the Firth of Forth. 116 mi. (187 km) long.
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| Noun | 1. | Forth - a river in southern Scotland that flows eastward to the Firth of Forth Scotland - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts |
| Adv. | 1. |  forth - from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"; "went off to school"; "they drove off"; "go forth and preach"archaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expression |
| 2. | forth - forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward" | |
| 3. | forth - out into view; "came forth from the crowd"; "put my ideas forth" |
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forth
adverb
2. out, into the open, out of concealment He brought forth a small gold amulet.
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Translations
بعيدا، إلى الأمام
dáledopředu
fremud
Forthweiter
fram, áfram
pirmyn
tālākuz priekšu
forth
[fɔːθ]When forth is an element in a phrasal verb, eg pour forth, venture forth, look up the verb.
ADV1. (o.f.) (= onward) → adelante
to go forth → marcharse
from this day forth → de hoy en adelante
see also back
to go forth → marcharse
from this day forth → de hoy en adelante
see also back
2. and so forth → etcétera, y así sucesivamente
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forth
[ˈfɔːrθ] adv → en avantto go back and forth → aller et venir
and so forth → et ainsi de suite
to go forth → aller
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forth
adv (form, dated)
(= out) → heraus-; (= forward) → hervor-; to venture forth → sich hinauswagen; to come forth → herauskommen; to pour forth (= utter) → von sich (dat) → geben; to burst forth (person) → herausstürzen; (sun) → hervorbrechen ? back ADV a, ? also hold forth, put forth, set forthetc
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forth
[fɔːθ] adv (old)a. → in avanti
to go back and forth → andare avanti e indietro
to set forth → mettersi in cammino
from this day forth → d'ora in poi
to go back and forth → andare avanti e indietro
to set forth → mettersi in cammino
from this day forth → d'ora in poi
b. and so forth → e così via, e via dicendo
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
forth
(foːθ) adverb forward; onward. They went forth into the desert.
back and forth first in one direction and then in the other; backwards and forwards. We had to go back and forth many times before we moved all our furniture to the new house.
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forth
adv. [forward] hacia adelante; [out, away] afuera, hacia afuera.
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