The Meaning of for

• (prep.) In the most general sense, indicating that in consideration of, in view of, or with reference to, which anything is done or takes place.
• (prep.) Indicating the antecedent cause or occasion of an action; the motive or inducement accompanying and prompting to an act or state; the reason of anything; that on account of which a thing is or is done.
• (prep.) Indicating the remoter and indirect object of an act; the end or final cause with reference to which anything is, acts, serves, or is done.
• (prep.) Indicating that in favor of which, or in promoting which, anything is, or is done; hence, in behalf of; in favor of; on the side of; -- opposed to against.
• (prep.) Indicating that toward which the action of anything is directed, or the point toward which motion is made; /ntending to go to.
• (prep.) Indicating that on place of or instead of which anything acts or serves, or that to which a substitute, an equivalent, a compensation, or the like, is offered or made; instead of, or place of.
• (prep.) Indicating that in the character of or as being which anything is regarded or treated; to be, or as being.
• (prep.) Indicating that instead of which something else controls in the performing of an action, or that in spite of which anything is done, occurs, or is; hence, equivalent to notwithstanding, in spite of; -- generally followed by all, aught, anything, etc.
• (prep.) Indicating the space or time through which an action or state extends; hence, during; in or through the space or time of.
• (prep.) Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.
• (conj.) Because; by reason that; for that; indicating, in Old English, the reason of anything.
• (conj.) Since; because; introducing a reason of something before advanced, a cause, motive, explanation, justification, or the like, of an action related or a statement made. It is logically nearly equivalent to since, or because, but connects less closely, and is sometimes used as a very general introduction to something suggested by what has gone before.
• (n.) One who takes, or that which is said on, the affrimative side; that which is said in favor of some one or something; -- the antithesis of against, and commonly used in connection with it.

Homophones

faure , fore , four , therefor

Rhymes

aancor , abhor , accor , ador , adore , albacore , antiwar , anymore , ardmore , armentor , ashore , backdoor , balthazor , baltimore , bangalore , bangor , barrymore , bator , baur , before , boar , boer , bogor , bohr , bookstore , bore , borre , c4 , carnivore , cat-4 , cavalli-sfor , centaur , chore , claymore , clore , coar , cohr , commodore , cor , core , corps , corr , crore , damore , decor , delore , deplore , devor , dinosaur , dior , doerr , dohr , door , dore , dorr , drawer , drugstore , ecuador , el-salvador , elnore , elsinore , encore , espectador , evermore , explore , eyesore , faure , floor , folklore , fore , four , frore , furthermore , gabor , galore , glor , glore , goar , gore , gorr , guarantor , hardcore , herbivore , heretofore , hoar , hoare , hors , humidor , ignore , igor , implore , indoor , inshore , jacor , jambor , kenmore , knorr , kohr , labore , labrador , lahore , lakeshore , lamaur , laur , laure , lazor , lenore , livermore , livor , loar , loehr , lohr , longcor , longshore , lor , lore , m4 , matador , mazor , melor , mentor , meritor , mevacor , mohr , montefiore , montemayor , moore , more , morr , nevermore , ngor , nohr , nor , oar , offshore , ohr , oncor , onshore , or , ore , orr , outdoor , outpour , outscore , paramore , phosphor , por , pore , porr , postwar , pour , prewar , rapport , restore , roar , roehr , rohr , salvador , salvatore , san-salvador , saur , schnorr , schor , schorr , scor , score , seashore , sedor , senor , shor , shore , singapore , snore , soar , sophomore , sor , sore , sotomayor , spaur , splore , spore , stevedore , stoehr , stohr , store , storr , swarthmore , swore , sycamore , tambocor , tenore , theodore , therefor , therefore , thor , timor , tor , tore , torr , torre , tracor , troubadour , underscore , uproar , villasenor , vore , war , warr , whore , woehr , wor , wore , yore , your