For
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English
| Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg. | ||||||
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| with | is | it | #14: for | as | had | you |
Pronunciation
- (RP): fô, /fÉË/, /fO:/
- (US): fôr, /fÉËr/, /foÊr/, /fO:r/
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- Rhymes: -ÉË(r)
Homophones
Conjunction
for
- Because: He lost his job for he got into trouble.
Translations
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Verb
- In some computer programming languages, the word FOR is used to indicate the start of a counting loop, in which a control variable is increased or decreased by an amount (often 1) and if the variable is outside the valid range the loop is not executed.
Preposition
for
- Towards, directed at, intended to belong to.
- The astronauts headed for the moon.
- I have something for you.
- Supporting (opposite of against).
- All those for the motion raise your hands.
Usage
For what itâs worth... = Inasmuch as itâs worth anything.
Antonyms
Translations
towards, directed at, intended to belong to
supporting
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Danish
Conjunction
for
Preposition
for
Verb
for (past tense of fare, in the sense of go, travel')
Esperanto
Adverb
for
Particle
- distant (adverbial particle of distance)
- for combines with demonstrative correlatives to indicate that the referrent is somehow distant from the speaker:
- tiu for: "that [distant] [one/person]"
- tio for: "that [distant] [thing]"
- tia for: "that [anomolous] kind of"
- ties for: "belonging to those [distant] people"
- tiel for: "that [extreme] manner or degree"
- tie for: "over there"
- tiam for: "then [long ago or in the distant future]"
- tiom for: "that much [of an extreme quantity]"
- tial for: "for that [unusual] reason"
- for combines with demonstrative correlatives to indicate that the referrent is somehow distant from the speaker:
Antonyms
Ido
Preposition
- far from
Latin
Verb
for (infinitive: fari, supine: fatum)
- to speak
Synonyms
Derived terms
Norwegian
Conjunction
for
Synonyms
Preposition
for
Swedish
Verb
for (past tense of fara, in the sense of go, travel')
fr:for gl:for io:for it:for la:for hu:for ja:for pl:for pt:for fi:for zh:for
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