Forth Meaning
/fɔːθ/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
advForward in time, place or degree.
advOut into view; from a particular place or position.
Sentence Examples
Shouts of joy burst forth.
The fire burned brightly, giving forth a comforting warmth.
CEFR Practice Quiz
With a determined look, he stepped ____ into the unknown forest.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The explorer set ____ on a long and dangerous journey to find the lost civilization in the jungle.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"From this time forth, I never will speak word."
— c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], page 159:
"“[…] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes."
— 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
"A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: […]"
— 1949, Joseph Campbell, “The Hero and the God”, in The Hero with a Thousand Faces:
"I have no mind of feasting forth to-night."
— c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v]:
"At the clashing of the cymbals the King sprang at Goldry as the panther springeth, and with the rush bare him backward and well nigh forth of the wrastling ground."
— 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 24:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
With a determined look, he stepped ____ into the unknown forest.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The explorer set ____ on a long and dangerous journey to find the lost civilization in the jungle.