English Explanatory Dictionary

for

English dictionary entry

Meanings

conj
  1. Because.
prep
  1. Towards; in the direction of.
  2. Leading towards in time or circumstance.
  3. Directed at; intended to belong to.
  4. In order to help, benefit, gratify, honor etc. (someone or something).
  5. Befitting of someone’s beliefs, needs, wants, skills, or tastes; best suited to.
  6. To be used or treated in a stated way, or with a stated purpose or meaning.
  7. Supporting, in favour of.
  8. Because of.
  9. In order to cure, remove or counteract.
  10. So as to allow (something or someone) to take position.
  11. In anticipation of.
  12. As an evaluation of; as to evaluate in connection with.
particle
  1. To; (the particle for marking the following verb as an infinitive).
noun
  1. Initialism of field Of research.
  2. Initialism of frame of reference.
name
  1. Initialism of Fellowship of Reconciliation, any of a number of religious nonviolent organizations, particularly in English-speaking countries.

Pronunciation

fôr /fɔː/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-for.wav /fɔɹ/ En-us-for.ogg /foː/ En-au-for.ogg /fɔɾ/ /fɒː(ɾ)/ fər /fə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-for (unstressed).wav /fɚ/ En-us-for-unstressed.ogg /fɘ/

Word forms

for fa fo foh fo' fur fuh fer

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English for, from Old English for (“for, because of”), from Proto-Germanic *furi (“for”), from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-. Cognate with West Frisian foar (“for”), Dutch voor (“for”), German für (“for”), Danish for (“for”), Swedish för (“for”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk for (“for”), Icelandic fyrir (“for”), Latin per (“by, through, for, by means of”) and Romance language descendants (e.g. Spanish por (“for”)), Ancient Greek περί (perí, “for, about, toward”), Lithuanian per (“by, through, during”), Slovak pre (“for”), Sanskrit परि (pári, “over, around”).

Synonyms

given that seeing that

Antonyms

against at

Related words

for to

Derived words

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