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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
Adverb
1. Formal or old-fashioned forward, out, or away: running back and forth across the street, Christopher Columbus set forth on his epic voyage of discovery
2. and so forth and so on [Old English]
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Adv.1.forth - from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead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), (old-fashioned) forward, out, away, ahead, onward, outward
adverb 2. out, into the open, out of concealment
Translations
forth [fɔːθ] adv back and forth → de acá para allá;
and so forth → y así sucesivamente

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

forth [fɔːθ] advaus;
back and forth → hin und her;
to go back and forth → auf und ab gehen;
to bring forth → hervorbringen;
and so forth → und so weiter

forth [fɔːθ] advin avanti;
to go back and forth → andare avanti e indietro;
and so forth → e così via

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 eteenpäin 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, 왔다갔다, 이리저리 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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From Chaos came forth Erebus and black Night; but of Night were born Aether (5) and Day, whom she conceived and bare from union in love with Erebus.
Young Goodman Brown came forth at sunset into the street at Salem village; but put his head back, after crossing the threshold, to exchange a parting kiss with his young wife.
Something must speedily be resolved upon, and it occurred to us at last to go forth together and seek help in the neighbouring hamlet.
 
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