fro
pronunciation
How to pronounce fro in British English:
UK [frəʊ]
How to pronounce fro in American English:
US [froʊ]
Word Origin
- fro
- fro: see from
- fro (adv., prep.)
- "away, backwards," c. 1200, Northern English and Scottish dialectal fra, Midlands dialect fro, from Old Norse fra "from," from Proto-Germanic *fra "forward, away from," from PIE *pro- (see pro-). The Norse word is equivalent to Old English fram, thus fro is a doublet of from.
Example
- 1. We sit in front of our computers and have vehicles transport us to and fro .
- 2. These submarines are often called " black holes " fro their ability to disappear fast .
- 3. And so the e-mails bat to and fro , until finally the dates are agreed .
- 4. The book of daniel states that in the last days people will be moving to and fro throughout the earth .
- 5. This bats to and fro and eventually gets signed by both and then is filed away in a drawer and usually forgotten about .