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Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still live, as I pass to and fro through the mouths of men.
Quintus Ennius

Meaning of "fro" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FRO

From Old Norse frā; related to Old English framfrom.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FRO

fro  [frəʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FRO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fro is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FRO


arrow
ˈærəʊ
bureau
ˈbjʊərəʊ
claro
ˈklɑːrəʊ
euro
ˈjʊərəʊ
grow
ɡrəʊ
hero
ˈhɪərəʊ
hydro
ˈhaɪdrəʊ
metro
ˈmɛtrəʊ
micro
ˈmaɪkrəʊ
narrow
ˈnærəʊ
Negro
ˈniːɡrəʊ
outro
ˈaʊtrəʊ
pedro
ˈpedrəʊ
primero
prɪˈmɛərəʊ
pro
prəʊ
retro
ˈrɛtrəʊ
row
rəʊ
throw
θrəʊ
tomorrow
təˈmɒrəʊ
zero
ˈzɪərəʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FRO

frock
frock coat
frock tart
frocking
frockless
froe
Froebel
frog
frog kick
frog orchid
frog pad
frog spit
frog spittle
frog-bit
frogeye
frogeyed
frogfish

WORDS THAT END LIKE FRO

allegro
bistro
bro
Caro
Castro
cuatro
dinero
duro
electro
giro
intro
libero
macro
maestro
Montenegro
Nero
Rio de Janeiro
ro
to and fro
toro

Synonyms and antonyms of fro in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fro» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FRO

Find out the translation of fro to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fro from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fro» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

来回
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fro
570 millions of speakers

English

fro
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

fro
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جيئة وذهابا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сюда
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ইতস্তত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vient
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mara
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

fro
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

あちこちに
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이리저리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fro
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

fro
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நபர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दूर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

fro
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

indietro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

powrotem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сюди
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fro
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δώθε
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

weer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fro
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fro
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fro

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FRO»

The term «fro» is very widely used and occupies the 15.819 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of fro
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «fro».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FRO» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «fro» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «fro» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fro

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4 QUOTES WITH «FRO»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fro.
1
Jon Anderson
War is big business. It's a lot of money going to and fro, and unfortunately a lot of angst, and a lot of fear, and a lot of doubt. And eventually a lot of wonderful people, like soldiers, like men and women that are out there trying to do the best they can, they come back being wounded on many levels.
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William Henry Bragg
The difference between a gas and a liquid is that in the former, the atoms and molecules move to and fro in an independent existence, whereas in the latter, they are always in touch with one another, though they are changing partners continually.
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Quintus Ennius
Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still live, as I pass to and fro through the mouths of men.
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Richard MacDonald
I've had over a dozen models come in and pose fro me live for these new Cirque pieces. Cirque is a world-wide phenomenon and they are just incredible athletes. I've been to all the performances and am really fascinated by all of their productions.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FRO»

Discover the use of fro in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fro and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Masterplots II.: Col-Fro
Contains 536 essays that examine the most important books of fiction and nonfiction authored by women.
Frank Northen Magill, 1995
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STRONG ON DEFENSE: SIMPLE STRATEGIES TO PROTECT YOU AND YOUR ...
Draws on true stories of people who have been involved in criminal violence to illustrate how to develop a survival mindset and quick, immediate reactions in the case of a criminal attack
Sanford Strong, 1996
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Exee and the to-fro family of games
Philip G. Shields. Fro To Fro To Fro To eXee : A Match The player who has first turn.
Philip G. Shields, 2008
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Particle Modeling
-frO fr >-frOQ >*O fr fr*® fr 0-frO fr X»© fr >*O frOe»© fr frOfr s» fro-e» is fr o* » fro* froofr fr o» oe» t> fr o«» s» frO-e» » •o ... S» fro-e» i» fro-fr й» » fr o-fro fr i>-e»o fr ivfro fr o-e»o s» >*o fr i>-e»o fr >*фо fr<»< » fr frOfr fr froe» fr fro* fr fro-fro frOfr ü»  ...
Donald Greenspan, 1997
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Middle English dictionary
48: Mychen more a prist. . awste to abstene hym fro al ydil pleying, bothe of myraclys and ellis. ?al425(cl400) Mandev. l3/4: And bei acursen all bo bat abstynen hem to eten flesch the saterday. (l425) RParl. 4.27la: Ye yaf in commaundement ...
Hans Kurath, Sherman McAllister Kuhn, Robert E. Lewis, 1952
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Programming and Problem Solving with Java
eoe recursion. out Input number of circles: 3 OUTPUT WITH 3 CIRCLES Fro* original: Ictrcles: 3 Begin: 1 Fro* first: Icircles: 2 Begin: 1 Fro* first: Icircles: 1 Begin : 1 Fro* first: Icircles: 6 Begin: 1 Move circle 1 fro* peg 1 to peg 3 Fro* second: ...
Nell B. Dale, Chip Weems, Mark R. Headington, 2003
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Warblin's Fro' an Owd Songster
There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.
Samuel Laycock, 2010
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Survey of English Dialects: The Dictionary and Grammar
fKceist Nb, vr,as:st So, vja:st Ha, vr.a:s Co D, fraist He Wo Mon Gl, fra:s Gl, vja:st Gl, frowst Wo, frost Y Ch Db Sa St He Wo Mon Nt Lei R Nf Ess W Brk Sr Ha, fros Lei, fjost O Ha, vtost So W, fro:st La Db Sa He Wo Wa L Hu Nf Ess MxL Sx, fro:s Nf  ...
Clive Upton, David Parry, John David Allison Widdowson, 1994
9
History of the Protestants of France Fro
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
G. De Felice, 2006
10
Ebony
Why Sta-Sof-Fro® Had To Change Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But it was causing us some problems. As you know, many of our competitors have been imitating us for years. They have been designing their packages to look 1985 ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FRO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fro is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Two Beards and a Fro' created for young adult everyday problems
Two Beards and a Fro plan to submit Savr to the Apple App Store ... more than they think they can, Two Beards and a Fro also plans to submit ... «Roanoke Times, Jul 15»
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Friday's Trade News Alert on: Xilinx, (NASDAQ:XLNX), Frontline …
Frontline Ltd. (FRO) and Frontline 2012 Ltd. (FRNT) (“Frontline 2012″) have recently reached a contract and plan of merger, following which ... «wsnewspublishers, Jul 15»
3
Stocks under bullish claws-Frontline Ltd (FRO), Spirit Realty Capital …
Frontline Ltd (NYSE:FRO) increase +3.43% and closed at $2.41. The 52-week range for the stock is $1.18 and $5.05 and during the previous ... «Investor Wired, Jul 15»
4
Hedelt review: 'Self/less' settles fro mundane in body-shifting tale
Ryan Reynolds continues his string of mediocre movies with his latest, “Self/less,” a take-it-or-leave-it sci fi tale about moving an old man's ... «Fredericksburg.com, Jul 15»
5
Services Sector Movers: Omnicom Group Inc. (OMC), Frontline Ltd …
Frontline Ltd. (FRO) is currently at $2.34, has a market cap of 289.36 and is trading at a volume of 1,535,057 shares with a weekly performance ... «WallStreet Scope, Jul 15»
6
Morning Watch List: International Business Machines Corporation …
Frontline Ltd. (FRO) of the Services sector (Shipping) is up 3.00% already this morning, a change from open of -0.83%. Frontline Ltd. (FRO) is ... «WallStreet Scope, Jul 15»
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Frontline (FRO) Is Today's Strong On High Volume Stock
Trade-Ideas LLC identified Frontline ( FRO) as a strong on high relative volume candidate. In addition to specific proprietary factors, ... «TheStreet.com, Jul 15»
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Pre-Market News Buzz on: Frontline (NYSE:FRO), Pandora Media …
Frontline Ltd. (FRO) and Frontline 2012 Ltd. (FRNT) (“Frontline 2012″) have recently reached a contract and plan of merger, following which ... «wsnewspublishers, Jul 15»
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Are Investors Becoming Bullish on Frontline (FRO) Stock Now …
If that wasn't enough, FRO also have Style Score grades of 'A' on both the value and growth fronts so it could be worth considering from that ... «Nasdaq, Jul 15»
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Are Investors Becoming Bullish on Frontline (FRO) Stock Now?
If that wasn't enough, FRO also have Style Score grades of 'A' on ... for FRO today is indicative of broad positive Crowd opinion towards this ... «Zacks.com, Jul 15»

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