for
/fɔɹ/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 7.01 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep
prep
In order to help, benefit, gratify, honor etc. (someone or something).
prep
Example Sentences
- "I had to stay with my wicked stepmother, for I had nowhere else to go."
- "[…]Dismount thy tuck, be yare in thy preparation, for thy assailant is quick, skillful and deadly."
- "[…]nor is there found, in sea or on land, a sweeter or pleasanter of gifts than she; for she is prime in comeliness and seemlihead of face and symmetrical shape of perfect grace; her check is ruddy dight, her brow flower white, her teeth gem-bright, her eyes blackest black and whitest white, her hips of heavy weight, her waist slight and her favour exquisite."
- ""By means of the Golden Cap I shall command the Winged Monkeys to carry you to the gates of the Emerald City," said Glinda, "for it would be a shame to deprive the people of so wonderful a ruler.""
- "Let me root, root, root for the home team, / If they don't win, it's a shame. / For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out, / At the old ball game."
- "The astronauts headed for the moon."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂-i Proto-Germanic *furi Proto-West Germanic *furi Old English for Middle English for English for Inherited 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 Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk 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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *preh₂-, for, *furi
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /fɔɹ/
- British English: /fɔː/