and so forth

Idioms  

1. Also, and so on. And more of the same, also, and others. For example, At the mall, we shopped, had lunch, shopped some more, and so forth, or She planned to buy an entire outfit in blue—dress, shoes, hat, and so on. The first term dates from the late 1500s, the variant from the early 1700s. Also see and the like.

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Example Sentences

Many regulations are essential guardrails of safety: minimizing the risk of financial crises, ensuring that our food isn’t harmful, protecting us from airplanes that malfunction, and so forth.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

By nature, a play changes from performance to performance, depending on the director, players, designers and so forth, while keeping the text intact.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

If oil prices stay high, the costs will eventually spread beyond energy into other staples such as food, clothing and so forth.

From MarketWatch • May 2, 2026

"In a way it almost sounded like a strange variant of Obama 2.0 in terms of economic reforms and so forth," said former ambassador DeLaurentis.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

But you could still interact with the environment in a limited way—walking through doors, sitting in chairs, and so forth.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

Related Words

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