forth

«forth» in Mova's school dictionary: forward or onward, away from a starting place — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (forth)

meaning for a pupil

1) Forth means forward or onward, away from a starting place. tree →

2) Back and forth means going one way and then back again, many times. tree →

3) From that time forth means from then on. tree →

4) «And so forth» means and other things like these. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths: a word of motion; «back and forth» means a trip there and back, so a distance is counted twice or two trips are counted. In science: a pendulum swings back and forth. In stories: the knight rode forth; old words «go forth». Phrases: back and forth, and so forth, set forth, from that day forth, bring forth.

examples

• He walks back and forth to school, 2 miles each way. tree →
• The swing goes back and forth 10 times. tree →
• She swam back and forth across the pool 4 times. tree →
• From that day forth he saved a dollar a week. tree →
• The knight rode forth to find the dragon. tree →
• The dog ran back and forth along the fence. tree →
• We packed pencils, rulers, rubbers and so forth. tree →
• The pendulum of the clock swings back and forth. tree →
• Then he and Stan set forth. tree →

note

Homophone: «fourth» (4th) sounds the same; do not mix them up. A rather old or formal word except in «back and forth» and «and so forth». «Back and forth» often doubles a distance or counts two trips. Trap: check whether a «back and forth» counts as one lap or two.

In the corpora

• A swing is a pendulum: a weight hanging from a point, going back and forth with its own steady rhythm.
• A heavy child and a light child on the same swing take the same time to go back and forth.
• People disagree whether moderators should cut microphones when time is up, check facts live, or let the back and forth run.
• Every sound is made by something vibrating — moving quickly back and forth.
• Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «forth» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.