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• Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  • For Because; by reason that; for that; indicating, in Old English, the reason of anything. "And for of long that way had walkéd none,
    The vault was hid with plants and bushes hoar.""And Heaven defend your good souls, that you think
    I will your serious and great business scant, For she with me."
  • prep For In the most general sense, indicating that in consideration of, in view of, or with reference to, which anything is done or takes place.
  • For Indicating that in favor of which, or in promoting which, anything is, or is done; hence, in behalf of; in favor of; on the side of; -- opposed to against.
  • For Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.
  • For Indicating that in the character of or as being which anything is regarded or treated; to be, or as being.
  • For Indicating that instead of which something else controls in the performing of an action, or that in spite of which anything is done, occurs, or is; hence, equivalent to notwithstanding in spite of; -- generally followed by all aught anything, etc.
  • For Indicating that on place of or instead of which anything acts or serves, or that to which a substitute, an equivalent, a compensation, or the like, is offered or made; instead of, or place of.
  • For Indicating that toward which the action of anything is directed, or the point toward which motion is made; intending to go to.
  • For Indicating the antecedent cause or occasion of an action; the motive or inducement accompanying and prompting to an act or state; the reason of anything; that on account of which a thing is or is done.
  • For Indicating the remoter and indirect object of an act; the end or final cause with reference to which anything is, acts, serves, or is done.
  • For Indicating the space or time through which an action or state extends; hence, during; in or through the space or time of.
  • n For One who takes, or that which is said on, the affrimative side; that which is said in favor of some one or something; -- the antithesis of against, and commonly used in connection with it.
  • For Since; because; introducing a reason of something before advanced, a cause, motive, explanation, justification, or the like, of an action related or a statement made. It is logically nearly equivalent to since, or because, but connects less closely, and is sometimes used as a very general introduction to something suggested by what has gone before. "Give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for his mercy endureth forever.""Heaven doth with us as we with torches do,
    Not light them for themselves; for if our virtues
    Did not go forth of us, 't were all alike
    As if we had them not."
  • For so far as concerns; as regards; with reference to; -- used parenthetically or independently. See under As.
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• • for Before. In place: Before the face of; in presence of.
  • for In time.
  • for In order or degree.
  • for In the direction of; toward; with the view of reaching. Expressing the objective point or end in view: as, he set out for London; bound for Hong Kong.
  • for Expressing inclination, tendency, or bent: as, an itch for scribbling; a taste for art; a love for drink.
  • for In quest of; with a view to the coming or attainment of; in order to obtain or attain to; as expecting or seeking: as, waiting for the morning; to send for persons and papers; to write for money or for fame.
  • for In place of; instead of; in consideration of: as, to pay a dollar for a thing; two for five cents.
  • for As an offset to; as offsetting; corresponding to: as, to give blow for blow.
  • for In the place and behalf of: as, he acted as attorney for another.
  • for In the interest of; with a view to the use, benefit, comfort, convenience, etc., of: expressing purpose or object: as, the earth was made for man; to provide for a family.
  • for On account of; because of; with regard to: as, to fear for one's life.
  • for In favor of; on the side of: as, to vote for a person or a measure; I am for peace.
  • for With reference to the needs, purposes, or uses of: as, salt is good for cattle; skins are used for rugs.
  • for In the character of; as; as being: as, to be taken for a thief; he was left for dead on the field.
  • for Because or by reason of; as affected or influenced by: as, he cried out for anguish; but for me he would have gone.
  • for By the want of; in the absence or insufficiency of: as, to be cramped for space; to be straitened for means.
  • for To the extent, number, quantity, or amount of: as, he is liable for the whole sum.
  • for Through; throughout; during the continuance of: as, we traveled for three days; to be appointed for life.
  • for In relation to; with respect or regard to; as affects or concerns; as regards: as, sorrow is past for him; as for me, I am content; for the present everything is right.
  • for In proportion or with reference to; considering the state or character of: as, he is tall for his age; it is very well done for him.
  • for Appropriate or adapted to; suitable to the purpose, requirement, character, or state of: as, a subject for speculation; a remedy for the toothacho; stores for the winter; this is no place for a sick man.
  • for In the direction of, or conducive or necessary to.
  • for In assignment or attribution to; the share, lot, possession, right, duty, or privilege of: as, freedom is for the brave; it is for you to decide.
  • for To be or become; designing or designed to be or serve as; with the purpose or function of (becoming or doing something): as, the boy is intended for a lawyer; to run for sheriff; a mill for grinding corn; a sketch for a picture.
  • for In order to prevent or avoid; against.
  • for In spite of; without regard to; notwithstanding: as, that is true for aught I know.
  • for In order; with the intent: used redundantly before the infinitive with to: formerly common, but now obsolete or vulgar: as, I came for to see you.
  • for [For, governing prepositionally a noun or pronoun followed by an infinitive, is sometimes used, in familiar or careless style, with the value of that before a verb in the conditional: for example, for him to do that (that is, that he should do that) would be a pity.
  • for For the reason that; because; seeing that; since: in modern usage employed only to introduce an independent clause, or frequently a separate sentence, giving a reason for, or a justification or explanation of, something previously said. It is an elliptical use of the preposition for, thus: “So death passed upon all men, for [the reason] that all have sinned; [I say so] for [this reason, that] until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.” Rom. v. 12, 13. The use of that after for, as above, was formerly common, as was also that of for before the reason for a succeeding statement, or to introduce a subordinate and inseparable clause, as in the following extracts; but both locutions are now antiquated or obsolete.
  • for In order that.
  • for Synonyms See since.
  • for An inseparable prefix in words of Middle English and Anglo-Saxon origin, formerly attachable at will to any verb admitting of the qualification conveyed by this prefix, but no longer used or felt as a living formative. In Middle English and Anglo-Saxon it conveyed various notions, as oppositeness, negation, difference, change, deterioration, etc., often intensity, these notions being traceable in the modern words; thus, for- is negative in forbid, forswear, negative or pejorative in forspeak, etc., alterative in forshape, etc., intensive in forlorn, forweary, forwounded, forspent, etc. From its intensive use in participial forms of verbs it came to be used also as an intensive prefix to adjectives, as in forblack, very black, fordry, very dry, etc:. (See the etymology, and compare for-.) This prefix, once extremely common, has not only ceased to be used in forming new words, but most of the old words containing it have become obsolete, forbear, forbid, forget, forgive, forgo, forsake, forswear, and forlorn in its adjective use being the only ones now in familiar use. Only the principal Middle English words with this prefix are entered in this dictionary.
  • for A form of fore-, in forward, forward, forgo.
  • for A prefix of Latin origin, in forclose (= foreclose), forfeit, and for-judge (which see).
  • for An abbreviation of foreign: as, for. sec., foreign secretary.
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• • prep For for in the place of: for the sake of: on account of: in the direction of: with respect to, by reason of: appropriate or adapted to, or in reference to: beneficial to: in quest of: notwithstanding, in spite of: in recompense of: during
  • conj For for the word by which a reason is introduced: because: on the account that
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• William James

  

  “To spend life for something which outlasts it.”
• Wayne Dyer

  

  “Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.”
• Ralph Waldo Emerson

  

  “There is a tendency for things to right themselves.”
• Napoleon Hill

  

  “The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.”
• James French

  

  “How about this for a headline for tomorrow's paper? French fries.”
• Tom Stoppard

  

  “Age is a high price to pay for maturity.”

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