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Forth
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Forth  (fôrth, frth)
A river of south-central Scotland flowing about 187 km (116 mi) eastward to the Firth of Forth, a wide inlet of the North Sea.

forth  (fôrth, frth)
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 per1 in Indo-European roots.]

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. 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)
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.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Adv.1.Forth - from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)forth - from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead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"

forth
adverb
1. (Formal or old-fashioned) forward, out, away, ahead, onward, outward Go forth into the desert.
2. out, into the open, out of concealment He brought forth a small gold amulet.
Translations
forth [fɔːθ]
When forth is an element in a phrasal verb, eg pour forth, venture forth, look up the verb.
ADV
1. (o.f.) (= onward) → adelante
to go forthmarcharse
from this day forthde hoy en adelante
see also back
2. and so forthetcétera, y así sucesivamente

forth [ˈfɔːrθ] adven avant
to go back and forth → aller et venir
and so forth → et ainsi de suite
to go forth → aller

forth
adv (form, dated)
(= out)heraus-; (= forward)hervor-; to venture forthsich hinauswagen; to come forthherauskommen; 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
(= onwards) from this time or day forthvon jetzt an; from that day forthvon jenem Tag an; and so forthund so weiter

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
b. and so forthe così via, e via dicendo

forth
adv forth [foːθ]
forward; onward They went forth into the desert. vorentoe بعيدا، إلى الأمام напред dále; dopředu ud; frem weiter μπρος adelante edasi به پیش edespäin en avant הַחוּצָה, הָלאָה आगे naprijed előre maju fram, áfram avanti 前へ 앞으로 pirmyn uz priekšu; tālāk maju voort fram, fremad, videre naprzód em frente înainte вперёд ďalej; dopredu naprej napred framåt, vidare ไปข้างหน้า ileri(ye), öte(ye) 向前 вперед; далі آگے về phía trước; ra phía trước
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. heen en weer ذهابا وإيابا، إقبالا وإدبارا напред-назад sem a tam; tam a zpět frem og tilbage hin und her μπρος πίσω ir de acá para allá edasi-tagasi از یک سو به سوی دیگر؛ پس و پیش edestakaisin de va-et-vient, de long en large הֵנָה וְהֵנָה amo-tamo oda-vissza bolak-balik fram og aftur avanti e indietro 前後に 앞뒤로 pirmyn ir atgal uz priekšu un atpakaļ ulang-balik heen en weer fram og tilbake tam i z powrotem para trás e para diante încoace şi încolo взад и вперёд sem a tam sem in tja napred-nazad fram och tillbaka ไป ๆ มา ๆ ileri geri 來回 назад і вперед; туди й сюди آگے پیچھے tới tới lui lui


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