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Etymology
From Middle English for, from Old English for (“for, on account of, for the sake of, through, because of, owing to, from, by reason of, as to, in order to”), from Proto-Germanic *furi (“for”), from Proto-Indo-European *preh?-.
Cognate with foar (“for”), Dutch voor (“for”), German für (“for”), Danish for (“for”), Swedish för (“for”), Norwegian for (“for”), Icelandic fyrir (“for”), Latin per (“by, through, for, by means of”) and Romance language successors (e.g. Spanish para (“for”)), Ancient Greek ???? (perí, “for, about, toward”), Lithuanian per (“by, through, during”), Sanskrit ??? (pári, “over, around”).
Conjunction
for
Preposition
for
- Towards.
- Directed at, intended to belong to.
- In honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of.
- Supporting.
- Because of.
- Over a period of time.
- Throughout an extent of space.
- On behalf of.
- Instead of, or in place of.
- In order to obtain or acquire.
- In the direction of: marks a point one is going toward.
- By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect.
- Despite, in spite of. See: for all
- Used to indicate the subject of a to-infinitive.
- (chiefly US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio
- (cricket) Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.
- To be, or as being.
- (obsolete) Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.
- Used to construe various verbs (see the entries for individual phrasal verbs).
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