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forth
1[ fawrth, fohrth ]
adverb
- onward or outward in place or space; forward:
to come forth; go forth.
- onward in time, in order, or in a series:
from that day forth.
- out, as from concealment or inaction; into view or consideration:
The author's true point comes forth midway through the book.
- away, as from a place or country:
to journey forth.
preposition
- Archaic. out of; forth from.
Forth
2[ fawrth, fohrth ]
noun
- Firth of, an arm of the North Sea, in SE Scotland: estuary of Forth River. 48 miles (77 km) long.
- a river in S central Scotland, flowing E into the Firth of Forth. 116 miles (187 km) long.
Forth
1/ ´ÚÉ”Ëθ /
noun
- Firth of Forthan 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)
- a river in S Scotland, flowing generally east to the Firth of Forth. Length: about 104 km (65 miles)
forth
2/ ´ÚÉ”Ëθ /
adverb
- forward in place, time, order, or degree
- out, as from concealment, seclusion, or inaction
- away, as from a place or country
- and so on; et cetera
preposition
- archaic.out of; away from
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of forth1
Idioms and Phrases
see and so forth ; back and forth ; bring forth ; hold forth ; put forth ; set forth .Example Sentences
“We have a permanent dialogue with the United States,†said Ebrard, who has been shuttling back and forth between the two nations to meet with U.S. officials.
Trump has gone back and forth about imposing tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China, which tech giants rely on to produce laptops, phones and other gadgets.
But it did not disrupt the visitors' rhythm as they quickly opened a 14-point lead, moving the ball back and forth across the pitch inside Leicester's 22 before George eventually burst over the line.
The two teams would trade the lead back and forth from there.
"I bought it as a little run-around, to get back and forth from work and to take my family out at the weekends," he said.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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