forthgoing

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noun

A going forth or utterance; a proceeding from or out.

OriginMiddle English forthgoing ← Old English forþgān ← Proto-Germanic *furþa →
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Meanings

nounforthgoing (plural forthgoings)

plural forthgoings

  1. A going forth or utterance; a proceeding from or out.

    the forthgoing of one Divine personage

    a. 1847, Thomas Chalmers, Notes on Hill's Lectures in Divinity
adjectiveforthgoing (comparative more forthgoing, superlative most forthgoing)

comparative more forthgoing · superlative most forthgoing

  1. Going out or forth; departing.
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of forthgo

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*furþa“forward”
  2. Old Englishforþgān“to go forth, proceed”
  3. Middle Englishforthgoing
  4. Englishforthgoing

From Middle English forthgoing, deverbal of forthgon (“to go forth, proceed”), from Old English forþgān (“to go forth, proceed”), from Proto-Germanic *furþa (“forward”), *gāną (“to go”), equivalent to forth- + going. Adjective from present participle of forthgo.

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APA

forthgoing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forthgoing

MLA

“forthgoing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forthgoing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forthgoing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forthgoing.

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