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Definition for

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

  1. Because, as, since.

Preposition

for

  1. Towards.
  2. Directed at, intended to belong to.
  3. In honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of.
  4. Supporting.
  5. Because of.
  6. Over a period of time.
  7. Throughout an extent of space.
  8. On behalf of.
  9. Instead of, or in place of.
  10. In order to obtain or acquire.
  11. In the direction of: marks a point one is going toward.
  12. By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect.
  13. Despite, in spite of. See: for all
  14. Used to indicate the subject of a to-infinitive.
  15. (chiefly US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio
  16. (cricket) Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.
  17. To be, or as being.
  18. (obsolete) Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.
  19. Used to construe various verbs (see the entries for individual phrasal verbs).

Results 218 Words with the letters FOR

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6 letter words with the letters FOR 
5 letter words with the letters FOR 
CROFT 11
FAVOR 12
FJORD 18
FLOUR 10
FLUOR 10
FORAM 11
FORAY 10
FORBS 11
FORBY 13
FORCE 11
FORGE 10
FORGO 10
FORKS 12
FORKY 14
FORME 11
FORMS 11
FORTH 10
FORTY 10
FORUM 12
FOYER 10
FROCK 15
FROGS 10
FROND 10
FROSH 10
FROTH 10
FROWN 12
FROWS 11
FROZE 17
GOFER 10
OFFER 11
PROFS 11
PROOF 11
4 letter words with the letters FOR 
AFRO 7
CORF 10
FARO 7
FORA 7
FORB 10
FORD 8
FORE 7
FORK 11
FORM 10
FORT 7
FOUR 8
FROE 7
FROG 9
FROM 10
FROW 10
PROF 10
ROLF 8
ROOF 7
3 letter words with the letters FOR 
FOR 6
FRO 6
2 letter words with the letters FOR 
OF 5
OR 2

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