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PREPOSITION
  • Definition - Towards; in the direction of.
  • Example - He was headed for the door when he remembered.
  • Definition - Directed at; intended to belong to.
  • Example - I have something for you.
  • Definition - In order to help, benefit, gratify, honor etc. (someone or something).
  • Example - Everything I do, I do for you.
  • Definition - To be used or treated in a stated way, or with a stated purpose.
  • Example - The cake is for Tom and Helen's anniversary.
  • Definition - Supporting, in favour of.
  • Example - All those for the motion raise your hands.
  • Definition - Because of.
  • Example - He looks better for having lost weight.
  • Definition - Intended to cure, remove or counteract; in order to cure, remove or counteract.
  • Example - I need to spray my house for termites.
  • Definition - Over (a period of time).
  • Example - I've lived here for three years.
  • Definition - Throughout or across (a distance in space).
  • Example - I can see for miles.
  • Definition - Used to introduce a subject within a to-infinitive clause.
  • Example - All I want is for you to be happy.
  • Definition - On behalf of.
  • Example - I speak for the Prime Minister.
  • Definition - In the role or capacity of; instead of; in place of.
  • Example - He's got a turnip for a brain.
  • Definition - In exchange for; in correspondence or equivalence with.
  • Example - He matched me blow for blow.
  • Definition - In order to obtain or acquire.
  • Example - Can you go to the store for some eggs?
  • Definition - By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect.
  • Example - Fair for its day.
  • Definition - To be, or as being.
  • Example - Don't take me for a fool.
  • Definition - (usually in the phrase 'for all') Despite, in spite of.
  • Example - For all his expensive education, he didn't seem very bright.
  • Definition - Indicating something desired or anticipated.
  • Example - Ah! for wings to soar …
  • Definition - (in expressions such as 'for a start') Introducing the first item(s) in a potential sequence.
  • Example - Go scuba diving? For one thing, I can't even swim.
  • Definition - (with names) In honor of; after.
  • Example - He is named for his grandfather.
  • Definition - Due or facing (a certain outcome or fate).
  • Example - He totally screwed up that project. Now he's surely for the sack.
  • Definition - Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio
  • Example - In term of base hits, Jones was three for four on the day
  • Definition - Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.
  • Example - At close of play, England were 305 for 3.
  • Definition - Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.
  • Example - At close of play, England were 305 for 3.
  • Definition - 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.
  • Example - to account for one's whereabouts    to care for a relative    to settle for second best    to allow for mistakes
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