for
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1.0
- adposition
- /fɔr/
:
durante
- for years
- for three days
- for decades
Examples
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So I was on bed rest for six months.
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So what you do is you let this sit for six hours.
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Or has it actually been going on for nine years now?
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The guy has been missing for about two years now.
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We cross the bridge, following a route that lies underwater for much of the year.
Academic text (2011) -
People from the Afar tribe have lived in this desert region for hundreds of years.
Academic text (2011) -
She walked for miles along the beach, enjoying the sound of the waves.
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The car was parked for a long time in the same spot.
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The festival lasts for three days every summer, attracting visitors from all around.
Synonyms
A short written form used to mean for in messages
Idioms
- Informal
92
5.8
A short response to show you are happy for someone or that you do not really care
Compounds
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3.4
A U.S. government health agency that studies and prevents diseases
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7.9
A difficult situation that tests and makes new ideas or people stronger under pressure
A Palestinian left-wing group that carries out armed attacks against Israel
A private college in New York City that teaches art, architecture, and engineering
A strong request asking someone to explain or justify their words and actions
A Palestinian political group that seeks major national change and sometimes uses armed attacks
The main government spy agency in Pakistan that gathers secret information about security
A United Nations group that helps African countries develop their economies
A UN group that helps Asian and Far Eastern countries develop their economies
An organization in the United Nations that helps European countries work together on economic matters
A United Nations group that helps Latin American countries grow their economies
A code using seven bits to represent letters, numbers, and simple control characters so computers can share text
An American organization that helps older people by giving advice and speaking for them
An armed group that attacked to force Turkey to admit the Armenian Genocide, pay money, and give land to Armenia
- Offensive
A group of armed fighters who use violence to try to take control of Rwanda
- Offensive
A place where employers quickly judge job seekers like products
- Texting
A central website or app where popular online content spreads quickly
An international organization that gives loans to help developing countries build roads and schools
A terrorist group started by Osama bin Laden in 1998 to unite armed Islamist groups in different countries
A religious group that worships Krishna, a Hindu god, and shares its beliefs worldwide
A Shia militant group linked to Iran that uses car bombs
One of the three basic paint colours red, blue and yellow used to make other colours
- Specialized
One of three colors, magenta, cyan and yellow, used in printing to make many colors by removing light
An important English society that supports scientists and promotes science
An international group that helps countries destroy chemical weapons and checks they do not make or use them
Belief that each person is responsible for their own health through their choices
A Palestinian group that supports left-wing revolution and uses political and armed action
A Palestinian political group that uses armed attacks for its goals
Surface Forms
Etymology
For is related to words like before and forward and once carried the sense of moving 'forward' through space, so it now often tells how far or how long something goes.