forth
1 Americanadverb
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onward or outward in place or space; forward.
to come forth; go forth.
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onward in time, in order, or in a series.
from that day forth.
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out, as from concealment or inaction; into view or consideration.
The author's true point comes forth midway through the book.
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away, as from a place or country.
to journey forth.
preposition
noun
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Firth of, an arm of the North Sea, in SE Scotland: estuary of Forth River. 48 miles (77 km) long.
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a river in S central Scotland, flowing E into the Firth of Forth. 116 miles (187 km) long.
adverb
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forward in place, time, order, or degree
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out, as from concealment, seclusion, or inaction
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away, as from a place or country
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and so on; et cetera
preposition
noun
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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)
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a river in S Scotland, flowing generally east to the Firth of Forth. Length: about 104 km (65 miles)
Etymology
Origin of forth
before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with German fort; akin to further
Example Sentences
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For his part, Sarandos had been laying the groundwork for the Netflix deal for some time—going back and forth to D.C., said people familiar with the situation.
It’s a lot of back and forth, and as Goyer notes, people can get impatient in the haze of grief.
From MarketWatch
"In a way it almost sounded like a strange variant of Obama 2.0 in terms of economic reforms and so forth," said former ambassador DeLaurentis.
From BBC
Some partygoers remember it swaying back and forth when it was packed with people.
A chest of drawers “played back and forth with inconceivable rapidity.”
From Literature
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