for

See also For, FOR, för, før, fór, fôr, fòr, for-, and for.

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (stressed)
  • (UK) enPR: fôr, IPA: /fɔː(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /fO@(\r)/
  • (US) enPR: fôr, IPA: /fɔɹ/, /foʊɹ/, SAMPA: /fOr\/

  • Audio (US)

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  • Rhymes: -ɔː(r)
• (unstressed)
  • (UK) IPA: /fə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /f@(\r)/
  • (US) IPA: /fɚ/, SAMPA: /f@`/

  • Audio (US), unstressed, in the phrase "Wait for me".

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• Homophones: fore, four

Conjunction

for

1. because

   He lost his job, for he got into trouble.

   • 1900, L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23

     "By means of the Golden Cap I shall command the Winged Monkeys to carry you to the gates of the Emerald City," said Glinda, "for it would be a shame to deprive the people of so wonderful a ruler."

Translations

because

Albanian: për Armenian: որովհետև (vorovhetev) Bulgarian: защото (bg) (zashtoto) Catalan: per Chinese: Mandarin: 因為 (zh), 因为 (zh) (yīnwèi), 為著 (zh), 为着 (zh) (wèizhe) Cornish: Kernewek Kemmyn: awos, drefenn, rag (all three used interchangeably, followed by either dhe+verbal noun or verbal noun alone); a-ban, pan (also meaning "since", without above conditions) Czech: neboť (cs) Danish: for (da), fordi (da), thi (da) Dutch: want (nl) Esperanto: ĉar (eo) Faroese: tí (fo) Finnish: sillä (fi) French: parce que (fr), car (fr) German: da (de), weil (de) Greek: διότι (ðióti), επειδή (epiðí), γιατί (yatí) Hebrew: כִּי (he) (ki)

Interlingua: nam (ia) Irish: óir (ga) Italian: perché (it), poiché (it) Japanese: ...のため (ja) (...-no tame) Korean: ...때문에 (ko) (...ttaemun-e) Latin: nam (la), quod (la) Malay: kerana (ms), sebab (ms) Norwegian: for (no), fordi (no) Novial: pro, den Persian: برای (barâye), برای اینکه (barâye inke) Polish: dlatego że (pl) Portuguese: porque (pt) Romanian: pentru că Russian: потому что (ru) (potomú što), из-за того, что (ru) (íz-za tovó, što), (archaic) ибо (ru) (ibo) Scottish Gaelic: oir (gd) Spanish: porque (es), pues (es), como (es) Swedish: eftersom (sv), emedan (sv) (archaic), ty (sv) Thai: เพื่อ (pêua) Turkish: için (tr) Welsh: am (cy)

Preposition

for

1. Towards.

   The astronauts headed for the moon.

2. Directed at, intended to belong to.

   I have something for you.

3. Supporting (opposite of against).

   All those for the motion raise your hands.

4. Because of.

   He wouldn't apologize; and just for that, she refused to help him.

   (UK usage) He looks better for having lost weight.

5. Over a period of time.

   They fought for days over a silly pencil.

6. On behalf of.

   I will stand in for him.

7. To obtain.

   I am aiming for completion by end of business Thursday.

   He's going for his doctorate.

   Do you want to go for coffee?

   People all over Greece looked to Delphi for answers.

   Can you go to the store for some eggs?

   I'm saving up for a car.

   Don't wait for an answer.

   What did he ask you for?

8. In the direction of: marks a point one is going toward.

   Run for the hills!

   He was headed for the door when he remembered.

9. Despite, in spite of.
   • 1892 August 6, Charles Dickens, "The Unbidden Guest", in All the Year Round,^[1] page 133,

     Mr. Joseph Blenkinshaw was perhaps not worth quite so much as was reported; but for all that he was a very wealthy man […]

10. Used to indicate the subject of a to-infinitive.

    For that to happen now is incredibly unlikely. (=It is incredibly unlikely that that will happen now.)

    All I want is for you to be happy. (=All I want is that you be happy.)

11. Used to construe various verbs. See the entry for the phrasal verb.

Antonyms

• against

Derived terms

• for it

Translations

towards

Catalan: per, per a Cornish: Kernewek Kemmyn: troha, war-tu ha, dhe Czech: k (cs) Danish: til (da), mod (da) Dutch: naar (nl) Finnish: kohti, -n (illative case) French: vers (fr) German: zu (de), nach (de) Greek: για (yá), γι' (y') (when before words beginning with a consonant) Hebrew: לְ־ (he) (l'-), בכיוון (he) (b'kivún) Interlingua: por Italian: per (it)

Japanese: …行きの (ja) (... yuki no) Khmer: ដើម្បី (km) (daəmbəy) Latin: ad (la) Maltese: għal, għal-, għall- Norwegian: mot (no), for (no) Occitan: per Polish: dla (pl) Portuguese: para (pt) Romanian: pentru (ro) Russian: к (ru) (k) (+ dative case), на (ru) (na) (+ accusative case) Spanish: a (es), hacia (es) Swedish: mot (sv), åt (sv)

directed at, intended to belong to

Arabic: لـ (ar) (li-) Armenian: համար (hy) (hamar) Belarusian: для (be) (dlja) Catalan: per, per a Chinese: Mandarin: 為了 (zh), 为了 (zh) (wèile), 給 (zh), 给 (zh) (gěi), 為 (zh), 为 (zh) (wèi) Cornish: Kernewek Kemmyn: rag, dhe Czech: pro (cs) Danish: til (da), mod (da) Dutch: voor (nl) Esperanto: por (eo) Finnish: -lle (allative case), varten (fi) French: pour (fr) German: für (de) Greek: για (yá) Hebrew: לְ־ (he) (l'-), בִּשְׁבִיל (he) (bishvíl) Hindi: ... के लिए (hi) (... ke li'e) Hungarian: -nak (hu), -nek (hu) (dative)

Interlingua: por Italian: per (it) Japanese: ...のために (ja) (...-no tame-ni) Latin: ad (la), ob (la), pro (la) Malay: untuk (ms) Maltese: għal (mt) Norwegian: til (no) Persian: برای (fa) (barâye) Polish: dla (pl) Portuguese: para (pt) Romanian: pentru (ro) Russian: для (ru) (dlja) (+ genitive case), ради (ru) (rádi) (+ genitive case) Saterland Frisian: foar Spanish: para (es) Swedish: för (sv), åt (sv) Tajik: барои (tg) (baroi) Ukrainian: для (uk) (dlja) Urdu: ... کے لئے (ur) (... ke li'e) Vietnamese: cho (vi) West Frisian: foar (fy)

supporting

Catalan: per Cornish: Kernewek Kemmyn: rag Czech: pro (cs) Danish: for (da) Dutch: voor (nl) Esperanto: por (eo) Finnish: puolesta (fi) French: pour (fr) German: für (de) Greek: γιατί (yatí), διότι (ðióti), επειδή (epiðí) Hebrew: בשביל (he) (bishvíl), בעד (he) (b'ád)

Hungarian: -ért (hu) Interlingua: por Latin: pro (la), ob (la) Norwegian: for (no) Portuguese: por (pt) Romanian: pentru (ro) Russian: за (ru) (za) (+ accusative case) Saterland Frisian: foar Spanish: por (es) Swedish: för (sv) West Frisian: foar (fy)

because of

Czech: pro (cs), za (cs) Danish: for (da) Esperanto: pro (eo) Finnish: takia, -sta (elative case) French: par (fr) German: wegen (de) Greek: για (el), λόγω (el) Hebrew: בגלל (he) (biglál) Hungarian: miatt (hu), -ért (hu) Interlingua: pro

Italian: per (it) Latin: pro (la), propter (la), ob (la), e (la), ex (la) Lithuanian: dėl (lt) Maltese: għal, minħabba Norwegian: for (no) Polish: za (pl) Portuguese: por (pt) Russian: из-за (ru) (íz-za) (+ genitive case) Spanish: por (es) Swedish: för (sv)

over a period of time

Danish: i (da) Finnish: aikana (fi), ajan (fi)

Latin: pro (la), inter (la), in (la) Russian: в течение (ru) (v tečénije) (+ genitive case)

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Guaraní: ehe (t-) Ido: por Indonesian: untuk, buat, bagi, demi Novial: por Romanian: pentru Tupinambá: esé (t-), supé Volapük: pro

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: with · is · it · #14: for · as · had · you

References

• Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "Spatial particles of orientation", in The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition, Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-81430 8

Anagrams

• fro, 'fro, ORF

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fóðr, from Middle Low German vōder (“linen, sheath”), from Proto-Germanic *fōdran (“sheath”).

Alternative forms

• fór

Pronunciation

• IPA: /foːr/, [foːˀɐ̯]

Noun

for n. (singular definite foret, plural indefinite for)

1. lining (covering for the inside of something)
2. lining (material used for inside covering)

Inflection

    Inflection of for

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	for	foret	for	forene
genitive	fors	forets	fors	forenes

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fɔ/, [fʌ]

Adverb

for

1. too (more than enough; as too much)
2. in front
3. forward

Conjunction

for

1. for, because

Preposition

for

1. for
2. of
3. to
4. on
5. at
6. before, in front of
7. by

Etymology 3

See fare (“to rush, run”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /foːr/, [foːˀɐ̯]

Verb

for, fór or farede

1. past of fare.

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Esperanto

Adverb

for

1. away, far, gone
   • 1998, Henrik Ibsen, trans. Odd Tangerud Puphejmo : Dramo en tri aktoj, [2]

     NORA (komencas elpreni el la skatolo, sed baldaŭ forĵetas ĉion). Ho, se mi kuraĝus eliri. Se nur neniu venus. Se nur ne dume okazus io hejme. Stulta babilaĵo; neniu venos. Nur ne pensi. Brosi la mufon. Delikataj gantoj, delikataj gantoj. For el la pensoj! For, for! Unu, du, tri, kvar, kvin, ses — (krias) Jen, tie ili venas —

     NORA (begins to unpack the box, but soon pushes it all away). Oh, if I dared go out. If only no one would come. If only I could be sure nothing would happen here in the meantime. Stupid nonsense; no one will come. Only I mustn't think about it. I will brush my muff. What lovely, lovely gloves. Out of my thoughts, Away, away! One, two, three, four, five, six— (Screams) There, someone's coming—

Derived terms

• foriri
• forĵeti
• forlasi
• formeti
• forpuŝi

Particle

for

1. distant (particle of distance)

   for combines with demonstrative correlatives to indicate that the referrent is somehow distant from the speaker:

   • for tiu / tiu for: "that [distant] [one/person]"
   • for tio / tio for: "that [distant] [thing]"
   • for tia / tia for: "that [anomolous] kind of"
   • for ties / ties for: "belonging to those [distant] people"
   • for tiel / tiel for: "that [extreme] manner or degree"
   • for tie / tie for: "over there"
   • for tiam / tiam for: "then [long ago or in the distant future]"
   • for tiom / tiom for: "that much [of an extreme quantity]"
   • for tial / tial for: "for that [unusual] reason"

Antonyms

• ĉi: this, here (particle of proximity)

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Galician

Etymology 1

Inflected form of ir (“to go”).

Verb

for

1. first-person singular future subjunctive of ir
2. third-person singular future subjunctive of ir

Etymology 2

Inflected form of ser (“to be”).

Verb

for

1. first-person singular future subjunctive of ser
2. third-person singular future subjunctive of ser

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Icelandic

Noun

for f. (for-ar, for-ir)

1. mud
2. a bog

Derived terms

• forarpittur

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Ido

Preposition

for

1. far from

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”). Cognates include fama (“news; fame”), fabula (“story, tale, fable”), Ancient Greek φημί (phēmi, “speak”), φάτις (phatis, “rumour, news, speech”), φάσις (phasis, “speech, announcement”), φωνή (phōnē, “voice”), Old Church Slavonic баяти (bajati, “tell, narrate”) and баснь (basnĭ, “fable”) (Russian баять and басня) and Old English bannan (English ban). Compare also Sanskrit भनति (bhánati, “speak”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /for/

Verb

present active for, present infinitive fārī, perfect active fātus sum. (deponent)

1. I speak, talk, say.

Inflection

    First Conjugation Deponent

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	for	fāris	fātur	fāmur	fāminī	fantur
	future	fābor	fāberis	fābitur	fābimur	fābiminī	fābuntur
	imperfect	fābar	fābāris	fābātur	fābāmur	fābāminī	fābantur
	perfect	Use fatus m., fata f., fatum n. followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use fatus m., fata f., fatum n. followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use fatus m., fata f., fatum n. followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	fer	fēris	fētur	fēmur	fēminī	fentur
	imperfect	fārer	fārēris	fārētur	fārēmur	fārēminī	fārentur
	perfect	Use fatus m., fata f., fatum n. followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use fatus m., fata f., fatum n. followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	fāre	fātor	fātor	—	—	—
	plural	fāminī	—	fantor	—	—	—
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		fārī	fatus esse	fatūrus esse	—	—	—
participles		fāns (fantis)	fatus-a, -um	fatūrus-ra, -rum	—	—	—

Synonyms

• (say): dīcō

Derived terms

• affor
• fātum
• īnfāns
• interfor

Related terms

• fābulor

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fóðr, from Middle Low German vōder (“linen, sheath”), from Proto-Germanic *fōdran (“sheath”).

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Conjunction

for

1. for

Synonyms

• fordi

Preposition

for

1. for

Verb

for

1. past tense of fare.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Conjunction

for

1. for

Synonyms

• fordi

Preposition

for

1. for

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Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *fura

Preposition

for

1. for

Etymology 2

see faran

Verb

fōr

1. first-person singular preterite of faran
2. third-person singular preterite of faran

Noun

fōr f.

1. journey, going, course, expedition, approach; passage, lifestyle, way of life

Declension

    Declension of for (strong ō-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	fōr	fōra, fōre
accusative	fōre	fōra, fōre
genitive	fōre	fōra
dative	fōre	fōrum

Etymology 3

Old English

Noun

fōr m.

1. hog, pig

Declension

    Declension of for (strong a-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	fōr	fōras
accusative	fōr	fōras
genitive	fōres	fōra
dative	fōre	fōrum

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

• far

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *swestero-, from Proto-Celtic *swīs (“you (pl.)”); cf. Latin vester.

Pronoun

for

1. your (plural)
2. you (plural; as the object of a preposition that takes the genitive)
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses 16^d8, glossing 2 Corinthians 9:2:

     Bíuu-sa oc irbáig dar far cenn-si fri Maccidóndu.

     I am boasting about you to the Macedonians.

Synonyms

• sethar

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Portuguese

Verb

for

1. first-person singular future subjunctive of ir
2. third-person singular future subjunctive of ir

Verb

for

1. first-person singular future subjunctive of ser
2. third-person singular future subjunctive of ser

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Swedish

Verb

for

1. past tense of fara.