For

//fɔː(ɹ)//

Synonyms for "for" (68 found)

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Closest matches (14)

after against ahead all for along as as long as as proxy for as representing as things go because because of behalf

Conjunction(1 words)

because

Strong matches (20)

Related words (34)

in furtherance of in lieu of in order to in place of in preference to in preparation for in that inasmuch as insofar as insomuch as now on on account of on behalf of onward over parce que pro remedial of replacing

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seeing as how seeing that since so so as to so that to vice whereas with

Conjunction(3 words)

now that seeing that sith

Preposition(1 words)

out of

Related word relations

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6 relation types

Antonyms

1 entries

against

Related terms

1 entries

for to

derived

44 entries

benevolent dictator for life bond for deed close enough for horseshoes and hand grenades cure for cancer fish for compliments for a while for all for fear that for good for good and all for good measure for hellery for it for kicks for me and not for thee for real

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distinct from

1 entries

against

has context

3 entries

cricket dialectal us

related to

59 entries

acquire article as away be because because of belong between celebration code conjunction describes describes something despite direction

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Translations

446 translations across 91 languages.

Albanian

2 entries

për conj (because)
për prep (directed at, intended to belong to)

Ancient Greek

4 entries

γάρ conj (because)
διότι conj (because)
οὕνεκα conj (because)
ἐπεί conj (because)

Arabic

4 entries

لِأَنَّ conj (because)
بالنسبة لـ prep (by the standards of)
بِالنِّسْبَة لِـ prep (by the standards of)
عشان prep (directed at, intended to belong to)

Armenian

2 entries

որովհետև conj (because)
համար prep (directed at, intended to belong to)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

boyunca prep (over (a period of time))

Bashkir

1 entries

өсөн prep (directed at, intended to belong to)

Belarusian

1 entries

для prep (directed at, intended to belong to)

Bengali

4 entries

জন্য prep (directed at, intended to belong to)
জন্য prep (because of)
জন্য prep (over (a period of time))
দিকে prep (towards)

Bulgarian

3 entries

защо́то conj (because)
за prep (directed at, intended to belong to)
за prep (supporting)

Catalan

4 entries

per conj (because)
durant prep (over (a period of time))
per prep (towards)
per prep (directed at, intended to belong to)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

بۆ prep (directed at, intended to belong to)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

为着 conj (because)
因為 /因为 conj (because)
為著 /为著 conj (because)
對……來說 /对……来说 prep (by the standards of)

Cornish

3 entries

dhe prep (directed at, intended to belong to)
rag prep (directed at, intended to belong to)
rag prep (supporting)

Czech

4 entries

neboť conj (because)
k prep (towards)
pro prep (directed at, intended to belong to)
pro prep (supporting)

Danish

4 entries

for conj (because)
fordi conj (because)
thi conj (because)
for prep (supporting)

Dimli

1 entries

qande conj (because)

Dutch

4 entries

omdat conj (because)
want conj (because)
lang prep (over (a period of time))
naar prep (towards)

Esperanto

4 entries

ĉar conj (because)
por prep (directed at, intended to belong to)
por prep (supporting)
por prep (in order to obtain or acquire)

Faroese

1 entries

tí conj (because)

Finnish

4 entries

sillä conj (because)
aikana prep (over (a period of time))
ajan prep (over (a period of time))
kohti prep (towards)

French

4 entries

car conj (because)
parce que conj (because)
depuis prep (over (a period of time))
par estre prep (by the standards of)

Friulian

2 entries

par prep (towards)
par prep (directed at, intended to belong to)

Gagauz

3 entries

deyni prep (directed at, intended to belong to)
için prep (directed at, intended to belong to)
ä prep (directed at, intended to belong to)

Galician

1 entries

porque conj (because)

German

4 entries

da conj (because)
denn conj (because)
weil conj (because)
für prep (directed at, intended to belong to)

Greek

4 entries

γιατί conj (because)
διότι conj (because)
επειδή conj (because)
για prep (towards)

Hawaiian

1 entries

no prep (directed at, intended to belong to)

Hebrew

4 entries

כִּי conj (because)
בִּשְׁבִיל prep (directed at, intended to belong to)
בגלל prep (because of)
בכיוון prep (towards)

Hindi

4 entries

क्योंकि conj (because)
... के लिए prep (directed at, intended to belong to)
की तरफ़ prep (towards)
क्योंकि prep (because of)

Hungarian

4 entries

mert conj (because)
minthogy conj (because)
mivel conj (because)
ugyanis conj (because)

Ido

1 entries

nam conj (because)

Indonesian

3 entries

bagi prep (directed at, intended to belong to)
untuk prep (directed at, intended to belong to)
untuk prep (because of)

Interlingua

4 entries

nam conj (because)
por prep (towards)
por prep (directed at, intended to belong to)
por prep (supporting)

Irish

4 entries

arae conj (because)
óir conj (because)
ag triall ar prep (in order to obtain or acquire)
ar feadh prep (over (a period of time))

Istriot

1 entries

par prep (directed at, intended to belong to)

Italian

4 entries

perché conj (because)
poiché conj (because)
durante prep (over (a period of time))
per prep (towards)

Japanese

4 entries

...のため conj (because)
...のために prep (directed at, intended to belong to)
…行きの prep (towards)
で prep (because of)

Kannada

1 entries

ಗೋಸ್ಕರ conj (because)

Khmer

2 entries

ដើម្បី prep (towards)
សម្រាប់ prep (directed at, intended to belong to)

Kirmanjki

1 entries

semed conj (because)

Korean

2 entries

...때문에 conj (because)
를/을 위해서 prep (directed at, intended to belong to)

Lao

1 entries

ສຳລັບ prep (directed at, intended to belong to)

Latin

4 entries

nam conj (because)
quod conj (because)
quĭă conj (because)
ad prep (towards)

Latvian

1 entries

jo conj (because)

Ligurian

1 entries

pe prep (in order to obtain or acquire)

Lithuanian

2 entries

nes conj (because)
dėl prep (because of)

Lower Sorbian

3 entries

wob prep (over (a period of time))
za prep (directed at, intended to belong to)
za prep (in order to obtain or acquire)

Macedonian

1 entries

за prep (directed at, intended to belong to)

Malay

4 entries

kerana conj (because)
lantaran conj (because)
sebab conj (because)
untuk prep (directed at, intended to belong to)

Maltese

4 entries

għal prep (towards)
għal prep (towards)
għal prep (directed at, intended to belong to)
għal prep (because of)

Marathi

1 entries

साठी prep (directed at, intended to belong to)

Mòcheno

2 entries

ver prep (directed at, intended to belong to)
ver prep (supporting)

Māori

1 entries

mo prep (directed at, intended to belong to)

Neapolitan

2 entries

pecché conj (because)
pe prep (directed at, intended to belong to)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

bo prep (directed at, intended to belong to)

Northern Sami

4 entries

dainnago conj (because)
dasgo conj (because)
go conj (because)
dihte prep (because of)

Norwegian

4 entries

for conj (because)
fordi conj (because)
for prep (towards)
for prep (supporting)

Occitan

2 entries

per prep (towards)
per prep (directed at, intended to belong to)

Old English

4 entries

for þon þe conj (because)
for prep (supporting)
for prep (because of)
for prep (over (a period of time))

Old Irish

1 entries

air conj (because)

Pashto

2 entries

ځکه conj (because)
خواته prep (towards)

Persian

3 entries

برای conj (because)
برای اینکه conj (because)
برای prep (directed at, intended to belong to)

Plautdietsch

2 entries

wiels conj (because)
fa prep (over (a period of time))

Polish

4 entries

albowiem conj (because)
dlatego że conj (because)
gdyż conj (because)
dla prep (directed at, intended to belong to)

Portuguese

4 entries

porque conj (because)
a prep (towards)
a favor de prep (supporting)
durante prep (over (a period of time))

Punjabi

1 entries

ਲਈ prep (directed at, intended to belong to)

Romanian

4 entries

căci conj (because)
pentru că conj (because)
către prep (towards)
pentru prep (directed at, intended to belong to)

Romansch

3 entries

per prep (towards)
per prep (directed at, intended to belong to)
per prep (because of)

Russian

4 entries

и́з-за того́, что conj (because)
ибо conj (because)
потому́ что conj (because)
в тече́ние prep (over (a period of time))

Samoan

1 entries

mo prep (directed at, intended to belong to)

Sanskrit

1 entries

हि conj (because)

Saterland Frisian

2 entries

foar prep (directed at, intended to belong to)
foar prep (supporting)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

oir conj (because)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

za prep (directed at, intended to belong to)
за prep (directed at, intended to belong to)

Slovak

4 entries

keďže conj (because)
k prep (towards)
na prep (by the standards of)
po prep (in order to obtain or acquire)

Slovene

4 entries

ker conj (because)
saj conj (because)
za prep (directed at, intended to belong to)
za prep (supporting)

Spanish

4 entries

como conj (because)
por cuanto conj (because)
porque conj (because)
presupuesto que conj (because)

Swahili

4 entries

kwani conj (because)
maana conj (because)
kwa prep (directed at, intended to belong to)
kwa prep (over (a period of time))

Swedish

4 entries

eftersom conj (because)
emedan conj (because)
ty conj (because)
av prep (because of)

Tagalog

4 entries

dahil conj (because)
kasi conj (because)
palibhasa conj (because)
sapagkat conj (because)

Tahitian

2 entries

e prep (directed at, intended to belong to)
ei prep (directed at, intended to belong to)

Tajik

1 entries

барои prep (directed at, intended to belong to)

Telugu

1 entries

కోసము conj (because)

Thai

4 entries

เพื่อ conj (because)
สนับสนุน prep (supporting)
สำหรับ prep (directed at, intended to belong to)
เป็นเวลา prep (over (a period of time))

Turkish

2 entries

için conj (because)
için prep (directed at, intended to belong to)

Ukrainian

4 entries

тому́ що conj (because)
че́рез те, що conj (because)
для prep (directed at, intended to belong to)
до prep (towards)

Urdu

3 entries

... کے لئے prep (directed at, intended to belong to)
برائے prep (directed at, intended to belong to)
کیلئے prep (directed at, intended to belong to)

Venetan

4 entries

parché conj (because)
par prep (directed at, intended to belong to)
par prep (because of)
par prep (over (a period of time))

Vietnamese

2 entries

cho conj (because)
cho prep (directed at, intended to belong to)

Welsh

4 entries

am conj (because)
am prep (supporting)
am prep (over (a period of time))
ar gyfer prep (towards)

West-Frisian

2 entries

foar prep (directed at, intended to belong to)
foar prep (supporting)

Sample sentences

109 total sentences available.

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I'm at a loss for words.

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I can only wonder if this is the same for everyone else.

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They are too busy fighting against each other to care for common ideals.

Source: tatoeba (1321)

For some reason I feel more alive at night.

Source: tatoeba (1332)

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