and so forth

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.

Example Sentences

It’s a unique case: We may harshly judge politicians, institutions, sports teams and so forth.

From Salon

But essentially, my job was to file financial reports, do travel and scheduling and so forth.

From Los Angeles Times

“Someone breaks our heart, we feel better, we fall in love, they break our heart again and so forth. Life is like that.”

From Los Angeles Times

Someday we Americans may stop quarreling over our response to the COVID-19 pandemic — lockdown orders, social distancing and so forth — but one category of debate may never become immune to second-guessing.

From Los Angeles Times

To an extent it can be a lot more effective for governments to do that work of distributing resources and so forth because of the infrastructure that governments have.

From Salon

Related Words

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