for

Signification

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.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/fɔː(ɹ)/

Étymologie

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”).

Phrases

Children come to play in the area provided for them .

Les enfants viennent jouer dans la région pour eux.

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

Essayez de créer un contact visuel avec un étranger dans le bus et maintenez-le pendant cinq secondes, sans parler.

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

Sinon, pourquoi dirait-il à son principal rival de se préparer à une course?

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

Il aurait vécu cette manière pendant environ trois ans.

Gray paint stretched for miles around .

La peinture grise s'étendait sur des kilomètres autour.

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

Le pont a été fermé pendant des semaines jusqu'à ce que les réparations temporaires soient terminées.

Their motives for murder vary .

Leurs motifs de meurtre varient.

He was subsequently jailed for perjury .

Il a ensuite été emprisonné pour parjure.