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[ English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
with	is	it	#14: for	as	had	you

[ Pronunciation

(stressed)

(UK) enPR: fôr, IPA: /fɔː(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /fO@(\r)/

(US) enPR: fôr, IPA: /fɔɹ/, /foʊɹ/, SAMPA: /fOr\/

Audio (US)^{help, file}

Rhymes: -ɔː(r)
(unstressed)
- (UK) IPA: /fə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /f@(\r)/
- (US) IPA: /fɚ/, SAMPA: /f@`/
- Audio (US), unstressed, in the phrase "Wait for me".^{help, file}

[ Homophones

fore, four

[ Conjunction

for

because

He lost his job for he got into trouble.

[ Translations

because

Albanian: për
Catalan: per
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: neboť cs(cs)
Danish: for, fordi, thi
Dutch: want
Esperanto: ĉar eo(eo)
Finnish: koska fi(fi)
French: parce que fr(fr)
German: denn de(de), wegen de(de)
Greek: διότι (ðióti), επειδή (epiðí), γιατί (yatí)
Hebrew: בשביל (bishvil)

Italian: perché it(it), poiché it(it)
Japanese: ～ため (~tame) (Note: after a noun, a の no is added before the "tame".)
Norwegian: for no(no), fordi no(no)
Novial: pro, den
Persian: برای (barâye), برای اینکه (barâye inke)
Portuguese: porque pt(pt)
Romanian: pentru că
Russian: потому что (potomú čto), из-за того, что (iz-za tovó, što)
Spanish: porque es(es), como es(es)
Swedish: eftersom, emedan (archaic)
Thai: เพื่อ (pêua)
Turkish: için tr(tr)

[ Preposition

for

Towards.

The astronauts headed for the moon.
Directed at, intended to belong to.

I have something for you.
Supporting (opposite of against).

All those for the motion raise your hands.
Because of.

He wouldn't apologize; and just for that, she refused to help him.
Over a period of time.

They fought for days over a silly pencil.
On behalf of.

I will stand in for him.
With the purpose of.

I am aiming for completion by end of business Thursday.
Despite, in spite of.
- 1892 August 6, Charles Dickens, "The Unbidden Guest", in All the Year Round,^[1] 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 […]
Used to introduce a small clause.

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.)
Used to construe various verbs.

Don't wait for an answer.

What did he ask you for?

He was convicted for murder.

I'm looking for my friend.

[ Antonyms

against

[ Translations

towards

Catalan: per, per a
Cornish:

Kernewek Kemmyn: troha, war-tu ha, dhe
Czech: k cs(cs)
Danish: til da(da), mod da(da)
Dutch: naar nl(nl)
Finnish: kohti, -n (illative case)
German: zu de(de), nach de(de)
Greek: για (yá), γι' (y') (when before words beginning with a consonant)
Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: felé hu(hu)

Interlingua: por
Italian: per it(it)
Maltese: għal, għal-, għall-
Norwegian: mot no(no)
Occitan: per
Polish: dla pl(pl)
Portuguese: para pt(pt)
Russian: к (k), на (na)
Spanish: a es(es), hacia es(es)
Swedish: mot sv(sv), åt sv(sv)

directed at, intended to belong to

Catalan: per, per a
Cornish:

Kernewek Kemmyn: rag, dhe
Czech: pro cs(cs)
Danish: til da(da), mod da(da)
Dutch: voor nl(nl)
Esperanto: por eo(eo)
Finnish: -lle (allative case)
French: pour fr(fr)
German: für de(de)
Greek: για (yá)
Hebrew: please add this translation if you can

Hungarian: -nak hu(hu), -nek hu(hu) (dative)
Interlingua: por
Italian: per it(it)
Maltese: għal mt(mt)
Norwegian: til no(no)
Polish: dla pl(pl)
Portuguese: para pt(pt)
Russian: для (dlja)
Saterland Frisian: foar
Spanish: para es(es)
Swedish: för sv(sv), åt sv(sv)
West Frisian: foar fy(fy)

supporting

Catalan: per
Cornish:

Kernewek Kemmyn: rag
Czech: pro cs(cs)
Danish: for da(da)
Dutch: voor nl(nl)
Esperanto: por eo(eo)
Finnish: puolesta fi(fi)
French: pour fr(fr)
German: für de(de)
Greek: διότι (ðióti), επειδή (epiðí), γιατί (yatí)

Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: -ért hu(hu)
Interlingua: por
Norwegian: for no(no)
Portuguese: por pt(pt)
Russian: за (za)
Saterland Frisian: foar
Spanish: por es(es)
Swedish: för sv(sv)
West Frisian: foar fy(fy)

because of

Czech: pro cs(cs), za cs(cs)
Danish: for da(da)
Esperanto: pro eo(eo)
Finnish: takia, -sta (elative case)
German: wegen de(de)
Hebrew: please add this translation if you can

Interlingua: pro
Maltese: għal, minħabba
Norwegian: for no(no)
Polish: za pl(pl)
Portuguese: por pt(pt)
Spanish: por es(es)

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Translations to be checked

Guarani: ehe (t-)
Ido: por
Indonesian: untuk, buat, bagi, demi
Novial: por
Romanian: pentru
Tupinambá: esé (t-), supé

[ Danish

[ Conjunction

for

for, because

[ Preposition

for

[ Verb

for

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

[ Esperanto

[ Adverb

for

away, far, gone

[ Particle

for

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"