for

Betekenis (Engels)

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. In order to cure, remove or counteract.
9. So as to allow (something or someone) to take position.
10. In anticipation of.
11. So as to identify or locate.
12. Over (a period of time).
13. Throughout or across (a distance in space).
14. Used to introduce a subject of a to-infinitive clause.
15. On behalf of.
16. In the role or capacity of; instead of; in place of.
17. In exchange for; in correspondence or equivalence with.
18. In order to obtain or acquire.
19. By the standards of, usually with the implication that those standards are lower than one might otherwise expect; considering.
20. To be, or as being.
21. Despite, in spite of.
22. Indicating something desired or anticipated.
23. Introducing the first item(s) in a potential sequence .
24. (US) In honor of; after.
25. (UK) Due for or facing (a certain outcome or fate).
26. (US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio
27. Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.
28. (obsolete) Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.
29. (nonstandard) So (that), in order to
30. Used in various other 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.

Particle

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

Concepten

voor

omdat

daar

naar

aangezien

tegen

om

want

tot

op

🆙

wijl

vermits

gedurende

aan

🔛

bij

per

wegens

terwijl

ten behoeve van

van

onder

uit

tijdens

binnen

door

in

met

met ingang van

sedert

sinds

staande

te

vanaf

op grond van

over

intekenen

plaatsen

samen met

aansprakelijk

aangaande

zijn

een duister beeld schetsen

inschrijven

telkens

in ruil voor

ten einde te

in plaats van

à

ieder

hangend

Tegenovergesteld aan

against

Synoniemen

because

to

since

as

because of

on account of

in order to

due to

during

owing to

in

at

on

🔛

of

while

per

for the sake of

towards

whereas

whilst

toward

through

sake

🍶

owing

on behalf of

with

by

from

for sake of

over

about

something

before

concerning

in the capacity of

into

upon

an

somebody

so that

benefactive

for the purpose of

a

🅰️

against

regarding

until

that

aboard

seeing

so

Vertalingen

pour

من أجل

per

für

por

para

porque

car

zu

perché

para

parce que

διότι

weil

per

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/fɔː(ɹ)/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: for

Overgenomen van Oudengels: for

Verwant aan Fries: foar

Verwant aan Nederlands: voor

Verwant aan Duits: für

Verwant aan Deens: for

Verwant aan Zweeds: för

Verwant aan Noors: for

Verwant aan IJslands: fyrir

Verwant aan Latijn: per

Verwant aan Spaans: para

Verwant aan Oudgrieks: περί

Verwant aan Litouws: per

Verwant aan Sanskriet: परि

In summary

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 descendants (e.g. Spanish por (“for”)), Ancient Greek περί (perí, “for, about, toward”), Lithuanian per (“by, through, during”), Slovak pre (“for”), Sanskrit परि (pári, “over, around”).

Zinnen

They crossed the desert for another two days in silence .

It was likely named for a railroad official .

Het werd waarschijnlijk vernoemd naar een spoorwegfunctionaris.

The river is used for a variety of purposes .

De rivier wordt gebruikt voor verschillende doeleinden.

It took some time for Jarvis to recover from his injuries .

Everywhere there were stalls with items for sale .

Overal waren er kraampjes met items te koop.

He is best known for his work on LucasArts games .

Hij is vooral bekend om zijn werk aan Lucasarts -spellen.