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Pertaining to something or someone moving forward and back to the same position.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Back and forth; with a reciprocating motion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The movement (of someone or something) forward followed by a return to the same position. May refer to a concept such as an emotional state or a relationship as well as a physical thing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To go back and forth; to alternate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
moving from one place to another and back again
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he traveled back and forth between Los Angeles and New York
- the treetops whipped to and fro in a frightening manner
- the old man just sat on the porch and rocked back and forth all day
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: back and forth, backward and forward
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
62 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
edestakainen
— pertaining to something in to and fro motion
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Azerbaijani:
o yan-bu yan
— back and forth
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Chinese Mandarin:
來回 /来回
(láihuí)
— back and forth
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Chinese Mandarin:
來來回回 /来来回回
(láiláihuíhuí)
— back and forth
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Czech:
sem tam
— back and forth
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Czech:
sem a tam
— back and forth
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Danish:
til og fra
— back and forth
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Danish:
frem og tilbage
— back and forth
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Dutch:
heen en weer
— back and forth
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Dutch:
op en neer
— back and forth
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Esperanto:
tien kaj reen
— back and forth
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Finnish:
edestakaisin
— back and forth
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French:
d'avant en arrière
— back and forth
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German:
hin und her
— back and forth
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German:
hin und zurück
— back and forth
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German:
vor und zurück
— back and forth
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Greek:
μπρος πίσω
(bros píso)
— back and forth
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Hungarian:
oda-vissza
— back and forth
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Hungarian:
ide-oda
— back and forth
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Hungarian:
előre-hátra
— back and forth
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Hungarian:
té s tova
— back and forth
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Italian:
avanti e indietro
— back and forth
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Japanese:
行ったり来たり
(ittarikitari)
— back and forth
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Kashubian:
w tã ë nazôd
— back and forth
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Korean:
이리저리
(irijeori)
— back and forth
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Norwegian Bokmål:
til og fra
— back and forth
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Norwegian Bokmål:
frem og tilbake
— back and forth
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Norwegian Bokmål:
fram og tilbake
— back and forth
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
til og frå
— back and forth
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
fram og attende
— back and forth
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Occitan:
en avant e en rèire
— back and forth
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Old English:
hider and þider
— back and forth
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Old English:
hider and geond
— back and forth
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Polish:
tam i z powrotem
— back and forth
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Polish:
w tę i nazad
— back and forth
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Polish:
w tę i we w tę
— back and forth
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Portuguese:
para frente e para trás
— back and forth
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Russian:
туда́-сюда́
(tudá-sjudá)
— back and forth
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Russian:
взад и вперёд
(vzad i vperjód)
— back and forth
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Sanskrit:
वि
(vi)
— back and forth
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Sicilian:
avanti e 'n arreri
— back and forth
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Spanish:
de ceca en meca
— back and forth
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Spanish:
palante y patrás
— back and forth
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Spanish:
de la ceca a la meca
— back and forth
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Spanish:
para adelante y para atrás
— back and forth
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Spanish:
de ida y vuelta
— back and forth
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Spanish:
de un lado a otro
— back and forth
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Swedish:
av och an
— back and forth
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Swedish:
fram och tillbaka
— back and forth
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Swedish:
fram och åter
— back and forth
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Swedish:
hit och dit
— back and forth
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Tamil:
முன்னும் பின்னும்
(muṉṉum piṉṉum)
— back and forth
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Tocharian B:
orkäntai
— back and forth
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Turkish:
ileri geri
— back and forth
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Turkish:
bir ileri bir geri
— back and forth
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Welsh:
ôl a blaen
— back and forth
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Yoruba:
lọ́tùn-ún lósì
— back and forth
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Yoruba:
sọ́tùn-ún sósì
— back and forth
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French:
aller-retour
— a to and fro motion
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French:
va-et-vient
— a to and fro motion
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Greek:
πηγαινέλα
(pigainéla)
— a to and fro motion
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Finnish:
mennä edestakaisin
— pertaining to something in to and fro motion
