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Looking for the meaning or definition of the word for? Here's what it means.

Conjunction
  1. (now uncommon) Because.
Preposition
  1. Towards.
  2. Directed at, intended to belong to.
  3. Supporting (opposite of against).
  4. Because of.
  5. Over a period of time.
  6. Throughout an extent of space.
  7. On behalf of.
  8. Instead of, or in place of.
  9. In order to obtain or acquire.
  10. In the direction of: marks a point one is going toward.
  11. By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect.
  12. Despite, in spite of.
  13. Used to indicate the subject of a to-infinitive.
  14. (chiefly US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio
  15. (cricket) used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen
  16. Indicating that in the character of or as being which anything is regarded or treated; to be, or as being.
  17. Used to construe various verbs. See the entry for the phrasal verb.
  18. (obsolete) Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.
  19. Archaic and Dialect: used in the phrase "for to" for to indicate an infinitive(as opposed to standard where just "to" is used to indicate an infinitive)
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