Crossword-Solution: FOR
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| 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. |
| For | 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. |
| For | 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. |
| For | 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. |
| For | prep. | Indicating that toward which the action of anything is directed, or the point toward which motion is made; /ntending to go to. |
| For | 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. |
| For | prep. | Indicating that in the character of or as being which anything is regarded or treated; to be, or as being. |
| For | 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. |
| For | prep. | Indicating the space or time through which an action or state extends; hence, during; in or through the space or time of. |
| For | prep. | Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done. |
| For | conj. | Because; by reason that; for that; indicating, in Old English, the reason of anything. |
| For | 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. |
| For | 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. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| FOR | anagram | FRO, OFR, ORF |
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Hint 1 meaning
The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which
covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
OERNCA
Hint 3 another clue
COVER THE EYES
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Sentences with FOR (5)
The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature.
Fellow citizens of the United States: in compliance with a custom as old as the government itself, I appear before you to address you briefly and to take, in your presence, the oath prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, to be taken by the President “before he enters on the execution of his office.” I do not consider it necessary, at present, for me to discuss those matters of administration about which there is no special anxiety, or excitement.
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Longfellow made no secret of the fact that he had used the meter of the Kalevala; but as for the legends, he openly gave credit to Schoolcraft in his notes to the poem.
Quotes with FOR (3)
Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals that were never achieved and the many disappointments life has thrown at you. When something wonderful happens, you can’t wait to tell them about it, knowing they will share in…
It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them. Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world. As for lovers, well, they'll come and go too.…
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, S&S, Slate, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 540 times in crossword archives (1945–2025).