archaic
: forth from : out of
Example Sentences
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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 24 June 2023
This mode of eating is highly communal, with everyone gathering around a large circular metal tray of injera heavily laden with food as hands go back and forth scooping up food with strips of injera torn from the edges.
—James Jeffrey, CNN, 23 June 2023
Though technically the sinks are side-by-side, the new owners could probably get their 10,000 daily steps in by just walking back and forth between them.
—Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2023
The Actress Roundtables are a place for many things: love and admiration, a respectable amount of tension, questions about sexism in the entertainment industry that the men never get asked, and so forth.
—Vulture, 22 June 2023
Los Angeles Times Embattled City Councilmember Curren Price has a response to a motion put forth by his colleagues to suspend him: don’t.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
Look no further, as the year 2023 brings forth a plethora of probiotic options specifically formulated to address the symptoms associated with these digestive disorders.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 21 June 2023
Limited basically to violations of departmental rules and policies and procedures and so forth, which hasn’t even been alleged yet.
—ABC News, 18 June 2023
The most recent developments in the Russian-Ukrainian war call forth similar antinomies.
—Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 15 June 2023
Perri Klass, Washington Post, 23 June 2023
Conclusion In conclusion, the year 2023 has brought forth a remarkable range of probiotic options that hold immense potential in combating hormonal acne.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 June 2023
The Nobel Prize-winning physicist puts forth a collection of essays that range in topic from the motion of starling flocks to the importance of metaphor, which together celebrate the scientific method.
—New York Times, 9 June 2023
The city has put forth new proposals, but there remains no minimum pay requirement to this day.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 8 June 2023
The most salacious rumor to spring forth from the Pump Rules fandom should be one of the more easy to disprove.
—Vulture, 6 June 2023
There were also moments of intraparty disagreement, including in New York, where some legislative Democrats deemed a judicial nominee put forth by the Democratic governor to be too conservative, and in Texas, where Republicans diverged on whether to impeach the state’s Republican attorney general.
—Mitch Smith, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2023
Most important is that none of these cuts had to happen, had the White House and Democrats put forth a stronger front earlier or even taken care of the debt ceiling before the new Congress was seated in January.
—Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 26 May 2023
The Obama administration put forth a broad definition of waters of the United States in 2015 that extended federal protection even to places that only hold water for part of the year.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 25 May 2023
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Adverb
The rum’s bright tropicality and the cognac’s oaky fruit meet right at the front palate and play back and forth, and the gin’s spiky juniper only comes in towards the end, a little textural contrast in a broad and juicy experience, and what keeps me coming back for more.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 24 June 2023
This mode of eating is highly communal, with everyone gathering around a large circular metal tray of injera heavily laden with food as hands go back and forth scooping up food with strips of injera torn from the edges.
—James Jeffrey, CNN, 23 June 2023
Though technically the sinks are side-by-side, the new owners could probably get their 10,000 daily steps in by just walking back and forth between them.
—Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2023
The Actress Roundtables are a place for many things: love and admiration, a respectable amount of tension, questions about sexism in the entertainment industry that the men never get asked, and so forth.
—Vulture, 22 June 2023
Los Angeles Times Embattled City Councilmember Curren Price has a response to a motion put forth by his colleagues to suspend him: don’t.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
Look no further, as the year 2023 brings forth a plethora of probiotic options specifically formulated to address the symptoms associated with these digestive disorders.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 21 June 2023
Limited basically to violations of departmental rules and policies and procedures and so forth, which hasn’t even been alleged yet.
—ABC News, 18 June 2023
The most recent developments in the Russian-Ukrainian war call forth similar antinomies.
—Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 15 June 2023
Preposition
Yet, on that August day, Commissioner Larrick and President Kennedy put forth a story of robust FDA action.
—Perri Klass, Washington Post, 23 June 2023
Conclusion In conclusion, the year 2023 has brought forth a remarkable range of probiotic options that hold immense potential in combating hormonal acne.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 June 2023
The Nobel Prize-winning physicist puts forth a collection of essays that range in topic from the motion of starling flocks to the importance of metaphor, which together celebrate the scientific method.
—New York Times, 9 June 2023
The city has put forth new proposals, but there remains no minimum pay requirement to this day.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 8 June 2023
The most salacious rumor to spring forth from the Pump Rules fandom should be one of the more easy to disprove.
—Vulture, 6 June 2023
There were also moments of intraparty disagreement, including in New York, where some legislative Democrats deemed a judicial nominee put forth by the Democratic governor to be too conservative, and in Texas, where Republicans diverged on whether to impeach the state’s Republican attorney general.
—Mitch Smith, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2023
Most important is that none of these cuts had to happen, had the White House and Democrats put forth a stronger front earlier or even taken care of the debt ceiling before the new Congress was seated in January.
—Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 26 May 2023
The Obama administration put forth a broad definition of waters of the United States in 2015 that extended federal protection even to places that only hold water for part of the year.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 25 May 2023
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“Forth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forth. Accessed 9 Jul. 2023.
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Kids Definition
forth
adverbˈfō(ə)rth,
ˈfȯ(ə)rth
1
: forward entry 2, onward
from that time forth
back and forth
2
: out into view
plants putting forth leaves
Geographical Definition
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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