for

Значение (Английский)

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.

Произносится как (IPA)

/fɔː(ɹ)/

Этимология (Английский)

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”).

Предложения

Children come to play in the area provided for them .

Дети приходят играть в область, предоставленную им.

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

Постарайтесь взглянуть на зрительный взгляд с незнакомцем в автобусе и держите его в течение пяти секунд, не говоря уже.

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

Зачем еще он сказал своему главному сопернику, чтобы подготовиться к пробежке?

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

Считается, что он жил таким образом примерно три года.

Gray paint stretched for miles around .

Серая краска протянулась на мили вокруг.

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

Мост был закрыт в течение недель, пока временный ремонт не был завершен.

Their motives for murder vary .

Их мотивы убийства различаются.

He was subsequently jailed for perjury .

Впоследствии он был заключен в тюрьму за лжесвидетельство.