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forth

Pronunciation: /fɔːθ/

The English word “forth” has 4 meanings listed here.

adverb

  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.

preposition

  1. Forth from; out of.

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.

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