For [conjunction]

Definition of For:

in consequence of the fact that

Synonyms of For:


Opposite/Antonyms of For:

-


Sentence/Example of For:

The result of this stock-taking shows that eleven volumes were unaccounted-for, a list of which is appended.

At this stock-taking the number unaccounted-for is twenty-two, several of which are quite recent accessions to the Library.

Edna's desire to see Mademoiselle Reisz had increased tenfold since these unlooked-for obstacles had arisen to thwart it.

But no other instance of for-tened is known, nor yet of crece as short for increes (increase).

At length the long looked-for copy arrived, he saw it, composed himself and died, 1543.

It was nearly eleven o'clock when the free-for-all running race was announced.

The sepoys usually swarm out hell-for-leather and we rush to meet them.

The good man then devoted his unlooked-for fortune to philanthropies in concert with Judge Popinot.

Both ladies evidently enjoyed the unhoped-for but well-deserved rest.

When Peggy's father died, Colling was going it hell-for-leather—just about as fast as they're made.