Dutch Meaning of for
voor
Other Dutch words related to voor
Nearest Words of for
- for- => voor-
- for 24 hours => gedurende 24 uur
- for a bargain price => voor een koopjesprijs
- for a song => voor een liedje
- for a while => een tijdje
- for all intents and purposes => Feitelijk
- for all practical purposes => Voor alle praktische doeleinden
- for all the world => voor heel de wereld
- for any price => voor elke prijs
- for anything => voor wat dan ook
Definitions and Meaning of for in English
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.
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.
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.
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.
Indicating that toward which the action of anything is directed, or the point toward which motion is made; /ntending to go to.
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.
Indicating that in the character of or as being which anything is regarded or treated; to be, or as being.
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.
Indicating the space or time through which an action or state extends; hence, during; in or through the space or time of.
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.
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.
FAQs About the word for
voor
In the most general sense, indicating that in consideration of, in view of, or with reference to, which anything is done or takes place., Indicating the anteced
professional
tegen,anti,agin,contra,tegengesteld aan,versus,met,overdwars
foppishness => ijdeltuiterij, foppish => Snobs, foppery => dwaasheid, fopperies => fratsen, fopling => fop,
