Fro Meaning
/fɹəʊ/Definition, CEFR level C2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
advFrom; away; back or backward.
prepFrom.
Sentence Examples
We were running to and fro.
The lion walked to and fro in its cage all day.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The children ran to and ____ across the sunny playground.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The pendulum swung to and ____, keeping perfect time as the old clock ticked loudly on the wall.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English fro, fra, from Old English fra (“from”), from Old Norse frá (“from”), from Proto-Germanic *fram (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“forth, forward”). Cognate with Scots frae (“fro, from”), Icelandic frá (“from”). More at from.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The preest that hawkys so,
All grace is far hym fro."
— c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 62, lines 15–16:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The children ran to and ____ across the sunny playground.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The pendulum swung to and ____, keeping perfect time as the old clock ticked loudly on the wall.