Meaning

2 senses
  1. (intransitive)To move forward and into view, to emerge, to appear.

    Suddenly a man appeared and came forth out of the fog.

  2. (intransitive)To volunteer to provide something.

    Betty came forth with verification of his claims.

More definitions
  • happen or occur as a result of something
  • come out of

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Autumn had come forth.

  2. She came forth to forfeit her fourth-place medal.

  3. Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings comes forth the truth.

  4. For in the latter case as well, had nature not been interfered with, a child might possibly have come forth.

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  5. He that came forth first was red, and hairy like a skin: and his name was called Esau.

Origin

Analytic form of the earlier forthcome.

Analytic form of the earlier forthcome.

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Forms

comes forth, coming forth, came forth, come forth
Base formcome forth · to come forth
3rd person singularcomes forth
Present participlecoming forth
Past simplecame forth
Past participlecome forth

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycome forth
he, she, itcomes forth

Past simpleLesson

all personscame forth

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave come forth
he, she, ithas come forth

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill come forth

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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