archaic
: forth from : out of
Synonyms of forth
Examples of forth in a Sentence
Adverb
a flow of lava bursting forth from the earth
The snow is gone and the flowers are ready to spring forth.
He went forth to spread the news.
She stretched forth her hands in prayer.
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Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2025
The veracity of Bronstein’s observation bounces back and forth.
—Julien Levy, Rolling Stone, 27 Dec. 2025
The New Yorker, New Yorker, 31 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, Kolitz’s report has already brought forth calls on social media to ban online pornography at a moment in which state governments, emboldened by a recent Supreme Court decision, have enacted broadly censorious legislation.
—Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
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Adverb
Mix 2 cups of cornstarch and 1 cup of water to make a gooey suspension that goes back and forth between being a solid and a liquid.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2025
The veracity of Bronstein’s observation bounces back and forth.
—Julien Levy, Rolling Stone, 27 Dec. 2025
Preposition
By the late chapters, Daphne and her contemporaries, now old, seem to remember less about those days with Cecil than does the reader, who came through them recently—an inspired way of calling forth the novel-ness of the novel without breaking the realist’s line.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 31 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, Kolitz’s report has already brought forth calls on social media to ban online pornography at a moment in which state governments, emboldened by a recent Supreme Court decision, have enacted broadly censorious legislation.
—Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
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“Forth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forth. Accessed 3 Jan. 2026.
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Forth
geographical name
river 116 miles (187 kilometers) long in south central Scotland flowing east into the
Firth of Forth, an estuary 48 miles (77 kilometers) long that is an inlet of the North Sea
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