Forth Definition

fôrth
adverb
Forward in place, time, or degree; onward.
From that day forth.
Webster's New World
Out; esp., out into view, as from hiding.
Webster's New World
Away from a specified place; abroad.
American Heritage
Abroad.
Webster's New World
preposition
Out from; out of.
Webster's New World
Out of; forth from.
American Heritage
pronoun

A river in Scotland that flows for about 47 km (29 miles) from The Trossachs through Stirling to the Firth of Forth on the North Sea.

Wiktionary

An imperative, stack-based high-level programming language.

Wiktionary
adjective

Common misspelling of fourth.

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prefix

Prefix meaning forth, forward, away.

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Other Word Forms of Forth

Noun

Singular:
forth
Plural:
forths

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Forth

Origin of Forth

  • From Middle English, from Old English forþ- (“forth, forward, further, away, continually”), from Proto-Germanic *furþa- (“forth, forward”), from Proto-Indo-European *prto-. More at forth.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Middle English, from Old English forþ, from Proto-Germanic *furþa-, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥to-. Compare Dutch voort.

    From Wiktionary

  • From fourth, for "fourth-generation programming language"; the u was dropped because the IBM 1130 operating system limited filenames to five characters.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English per1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From fourth - compare forty

    From Wiktionary

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