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Is for a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of for?
Definition
conj (English)
1. (formal, literary) Because.Examples: "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."Synonyms: given that, seeing that, becauseformalliterary
prep (English)
1. (usually in the phrase 'for all') Despite, in spite of.Examples: "For all his expensive education, he didn't seem very bright."; ""You must keep your head. There is still hope." "Hope!" "Yes; plentiful hope -- for all this destruction!""; "1892 August 6, "The Unbidden Guest", in Charles Dickens, Jr. (editor), All the Year Round, page 133, Mr. Joseph Blenkinshaw was perhaps not worth quite so much as was reported; but for all that he was a very wealthy man […]"
2. (in expressions such as 'for a start') Introducing the first item(s) in a potential sequence .Examples: "Go scuba diving? For one thing, I can't even swim."; "For another, we don't have any equipment."
3. (with names, chiefly US) In honor of; after.Examples: "He is named for his grandfather."US
4. (UK) Due for or facing (a certain outcome or fate).Examples: "He totally screwed up that project. Now he's surely for the sack."UK
5. (chiefly US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratioExamples: "In term of base hits, Jones was three for four on the day"US
6. (cricket) Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.Examples: "At close of play, England were 305 for 3."
particle (English)
1. (nonstandard, in representations of dialectal speech, especially that of black speakers) To, the particle for marking the following verb as an infinitive.Examples: "“'Ugh—I'll not be able for get up. Send for M'sieu le Curé—I'll be goin' for die for sure.'"; "[It was a] firs rate place for shoot a woodcocks, I tell you. [...] I say [it] wass no use for spen money. [...] An I say in "So wass I. I see lot of sy-pokes fly up an twist off like screw-cork an spit whistle, but I wass'nt able for get aim on him.""; ""She say that when nigger people step out o' they place and start for rub shoulders with Bacra, trouble just 'round the corner.""nonstandard
Definition source: Wiktionary