for

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Conj

Because.

Prep

1. Towards; in the direction of.
2. Directed at; intended to belong to.
3. In order to help, benefit, gratify, honor etc. (someone or something).
4. Befitting of someone’s beliefs, needs, wants, skills, or tastes; best suited to.
5. To be used or treated in a stated way, or with a stated purpose.
6. Supporting, in favour of.
7. Because of.
8. Intended to cure, remove or counteract; in order to cure, remove or counteract.
9. Over (a period of time).
10. Throughout or across (a distance in space).
11. Used to introduce a subject of a to-infinitive clause.
12. On behalf of.
13. In the role or capacity of; instead of; in place of.
14. In exchange for; in correspondence or equivalence with.
15. In order to obtain or acquire.
16. By the standards of, usually with the implication that those standards are lower than one might otherwise expect; considering.
17. To be, or as being.
18. Despite, in spite of.
19. Indicating something desired or anticipated.
20. Introducing the first item(s) in a potential sequence .
21. In honor of; after.
22. Due for or facing (a certain outcome or fate).
23. Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio
24. Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.
25. (obsolete) Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.
26. Used in various more-or-less idiomatic ways to construe individual verbs, indicating various semantic relationships such as target, purpose, result, etc.; see also the entries for individual phrasal verbs, e.g. ask for, look for, stand for, etc.
27. So (that), in order to

Particle

To, the particle for marking the following verb as an infinitive.

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/fɔː(ɹ)/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

From Middle English for, from Old English for (“for, because of”), from Proto-Germanic *furi (“for”), from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-.
Cognate with West Frisian 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 περί (perí, “for, about, toward”), Lithuanian per (“by, through, during”), Sanskrit परि (pári, “over, around”).

Προτάσεις

Children come to play in the area provided for them .

Τα παιδιά έρχονται να παίξουν στην περιοχή που τους παρέχεται.

Try to make eye contact with a stranger on the bus , and hold it for five seconds , without speaking .

Προσπαθήστε να κάνετε επαφή με έναν ξένο στο λεωφορείο και κρατήστε το για πέντε δευτερόλεπτα, χωρίς να μιλήσετε.

Why else would he tell his main rival to prepare for a run ?

Γιατί αλλιώς θα έλεγε στον κύριο αντίπαλό του να προετοιμαστεί για ένα τρέξιμο;

He is thought to have lived in this manner for roughly three years .

Θεωρείται ότι έχει ζήσει με αυτόν τον τρόπο για περίπου τρία χρόνια.

Gray paint stretched for miles around .

Γκρι χρώμα τεντώνεται για μίλια γύρω.

The bridge was closed for weeks until temporary repairs were completed .

Η γέφυρα έκλεισε για εβδομάδες μέχρι να ολοκληρωθούν οι προσωρινές επισκευές.

Their motives for murder vary .

Τα κίνητρά τους για δολοφονία ποικίλλουν.

He was subsequently jailed for perjury .

Στη συνέχεια φυλακίστηκε για ψευδορκία.