word-vault/dist/data/cards/fo/forth.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "forth",
    "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "away from a place; out",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They set forth at dawn."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Huge chimneys belched forth smoke and grime."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "towards a place; forwards",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Water gushed forth from a hole in the rock."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used at the end of a list to show that it continues in the same way",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We discussed everything—when to go, what to see and so on."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "from one place to another and back again repeatedly",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "ferries sailing back and forth between the islands"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "beginning on that day; from that time",
            "labels": "(literary)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "From that day forth she gave me endless friendship and encouragement."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Time"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fɔːθ/",
                "audio": "fo/forth/forth__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fɔːrθ/",
                "audio": "fo/forth/forth__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch voort and German fort, from an Indo-European root shared by fore-."
}