For

Conjunction

 * 1) because
 * He lost his job, for he got into trouble.

Preposition

 * 1) Towards.
 * The astronauts headed for the moon.
 * 1) Directed at, intended to belong to.
 * I have something for you.
 * 1) Supporting (opposite of against).
 * All those for the motion raise your hands.
 * 1) Because of.
 * He wouldn't apologize; and just for that, she refused to help him.
 * He looks better for having lost weight.
 * 1) Over a period of time.
 * They fought for days over a silly pencil.
 * 1) On behalf of.
 * I will stand in for him.
 * 1) 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?
 * 1) In the direction of:
 * Run for the hills!
 * He was headed for the door when he remembered.
 * 1) Despite, in spite of.
 * 2) * 1892 August 6, Charles Dickens, "The Unbidden Guest", in All the Year Round, 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
 * 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.)
 * He was convicted for murder.
 * I'm looking for my friend.
 * He was convicted for murder.
 * I'm looking for my friend.

Antonyms

 * against

Derived terms

 * for it

Thesaurus
against, all for, as, as long as, as proxy for, as representing, as things go, because, being, being as how, cause, considering, forasmuch as, from, in aid of, in behalf of, in consideration of, in contemplation of, in favor of, in furtherance of, in lieu of, in order to, in place of, in preference to, in preparation for, in that, inasmuch as, insofar as, insomuch as, now, on account of, on behalf of, parce que, pro, remedial of, replacing, seeing as how, seeing that, since, so, so as to, so that, to, vice, whereas, with

Conjunction

 * Albanian: për
 * Armenian: որովհետև (vorovhetev)
 * Bulgarian: защото
 * Catalan: per
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 因為, 因为, 為著, 为着
 * 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:
 * Danish:, ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek: διότι (ðióti), επειδή (epiðí), γιατί (yatí)
 * Hebrew:


 * Irish: óir
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ため
 * Korean: 때문
 * Latin: ,
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Novial: pro, den
 * Persian: (barâye),  (barâye inke)
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: pentru că
 * Russian: потому что, из-за того, что
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish: eftersom, emedan ,
 * Thai: (pêua)
 * Turkish:
 * Welsh:

Preposition

 * Catalan: per, per a
 * Cornish:
 * Kernewek Kemmyn: troha, war-tu ha, dhe
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: kohti, -n (illative case)
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek: για (yá), γι' (y') (when before words beginning with a consonant)
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Interlingua: por


 * Italian:
 * Khmer: ដើម្បី
 * Latin:
 * Maltese: għal, għal-, għall-
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Occitan: per
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: к, на
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,


 * Arabic: ل
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: для
 * Catalan: per, per a
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 為了, 为了, 給, 给, 為, 为
 * Cornish:
 * Kernewek Kemmyn: rag, dhe
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: -lle (allative case)
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: για (yá)
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hindi: लिए


 * Hungarian:, (dative)
 * Interlingua: por
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ため
 * Latin: ad, ob
 * Maltese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: برای
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: для, ради
 * Saterland Frisian: foar
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian: для
 * Urdu: لئے
 * Vietnamese: cho
 * West Frisian:


 * Catalan: per
 * Cornish:
 * Kernewek Kemmyn: rag
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: γιατί (yatí), διότι (ðióti), επειδή (epiðí)


 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Interlingua: por
 * Latin: pro
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: за
 * Saterland Frisian: foar
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * West Frisian:


 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: takia, -sta (elative case)
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Interlingua: pro


 * Italian:
 * Latin:, , ob, e, ex
 * Lithuanian:
 * Maltese: għal, minħabba
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: из-за
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish: ,
 * Latin: pro, inter


 * Russian: в течение


 * : ehe (t-)
 * : por
 * : untuk, buat, bagi, demi
 * : por
 * : pentru
 * : esé (t-), supé

Anagrams

 * fro, 'fro
 * ORF

Conjunction

 * 1) for, because

Preposition

 * 1) for

Verb

 * 1) went (past tense of fare, in the sense of go, travel)

Adverb

 * 1) away, far, gone
 * 2) * 1998, Henrik Ibsen, trans. Odd Tangerud Puphejmo : Dramo en tri aktoj,
 * 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

 * 1) distant (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"

Antonyms

 * ĉi: this, here (particle of proximity)

Etymology 1
Inflected form of ir:.

Etymology 2
Inflected form of ser:.

Noun
for (for-ar, for-ir)


 * 1) mud
 * 2) a bog

Derived terms

 * forarpittur

Preposition

 * 1) far from

Etymology
From. Cognates include fama:, fabula:, Ancient Greek φημί:, φάτις:, φάσις:, φωνή:, Old Church Slavonic баяти: and баснь: (Russian баять: and басня:) and Old English bannan: (English ban:). Compare also Sanskrit भनति:.

Verb

 * 1) I speak, talk, say.

Synonyms

 * dīcō

Derived terms

 * fātum
 * īnfāns
 * īnfāns

Related terms

 * fābulor

Conjunction

 * 1) for

Synonyms

 * fordi

Preposition

 * 1) for

Conjunction

 * 1) for

Synonyms

 * fordi

Preposition

 * 1) for

Etymology 1
From

Preposition

 * 1) for

Etymology 2
see faran:

Noun

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

Noun

 * 1) hog, pig

Etymology
From < ; cf. Latin vester:.

Pronoun

 * 1) your
 * 2) you
 * 3) * c. 800, Würzburg Glosses 16d8, glossing 2 Corinthians 9:2:
 * Bíuu-sa oc irbáig dar far cenn-si fri Maccidóndu.
 * I am boasting about you to the Macedonians.