Meaning of fram | Babel Free
/fram/Definitioner
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forth, forward, out not-comparable
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ahead not-comparable
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on, (further) on, etc. (when applied to time or progress or the like) not-comparable
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to a destination, there not-comparable
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Also of time and more abstractly. figuratively, not-comparable
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in front, front not-comparable
Exempel
“Anna-Lisa rodnade djupt när hon ensam gick fram.”
Anna-Lisa blushed deeply when she all alone went forward.
“Då hörs en sång. Då syns ett moln av damm. En liten soldat marscherar vägen fram. Han har byxor med revär, och han har ett stort gevär. Han marscherar så kavat, en liten, stor soldat.”
Then a song is heard. Then a cloud of dust is seen [or "appears" or the like – literally translated]. A little soldier marches down the road [the road forth]. He has trousers with stripes [stripe – singular here, but could also be plural], and he has a big rifle. He marches with such pluck [so pluckily], a little, great soldier.
“De gick fram genom skogen”
They walked forward [forth] through the forest [redundant in Swedish as well, but not as unidiomatic]
“Hären marscherade fram”
The army marched forward/forth
“Han tog fram en flaska vin”
He took out [took forth] a bottle of wine
“De hoppade fram ur skuggarna”
They jumped out of [leapt forth/forward out of] the shadows
“Till slut kom sanningen fram”
Eventually, the truth came out
“Fortsätt rakt fram i två kilometer”
Continue straight ahead [straight forth/forward] for two kilometers
“Vägen delar sig längre fram”
The road forks up ahead [splits itself further forth/forward]
“Glöm inte att ställa fram klockan en timme imorgon”
Don't forget to set the time one hour ahead tomorrow [set forth the clock one hour tomorrow]
“Jag kommer återkomma till det längre fram i presentationen”
I will come back to that later on [further ahead/forth] in the presentation
“Det är inget vi planerar i nuläget. Men vem vet, kanske längre fram?”
That is not something we are planning at the moment. But who knows, maybe later on?
“Efter att ha gått genom skogen kom de fram till huset”
After walking through the forest, they arrived at the house [came forth to the house]
“Vi kom fram vid femtiden”
We got there [came forth (to the destination)] around five o'clock
“När kommer ni fram?”
When will you arrive?
“Efter lite irrande hittade vi fram”
After a bit of lost wandering around, we found our way there [found our way forth (to the destination)]
“Vi var rejält trötta när vi kom fram”
We were really tired when we got there [when we came forth (to the destination)]
“Det tog fem timmar att åka fram och tillbaka”
It took five hours to get there and back
“Jag har kommit fram, så nu är jag framme”
I have arrived, so now I am here (at the destination)
“Hann du fram (i tid)?”
Did you get there in time?
“Vädret förblir varmt ända fram till helgen”
The weather will stay warm (all the way) until the weekend [all the way forth to the weekend]
“Laget nådde inte riktigt fram”
The team didn't quite make it [didn't quite reach the goal]
“komma fram till något”
arrive at a conclusion ["arrive at something" – intuitively more of a fixed expression to native speakers]
“Byxorna har fickor fram och bak”
The trousers have pockets in the front and in the back / The trousers have pockets front and back
CEFR-nivå
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.