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Learners of English as a second language usually know the word for once they have reached the level A1 – Beginner. English words by learner level A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2

Meaning for meaning

What does for mean?

Definitions in simple English

for Preposition

— shows that something belongs to something else, or has a specific function This cake is for you. This is a net for catching fish.

— For is used to show the reason for something He was angry, for he had never been called such terrible names before.

for Subordinator

— For introduces a clause with a subject and a to-infinitive It's not good for you to be too relaxed.

for conjunction

— because

for preposition

— Towards; in the direction of.

— Directed at; intended to belong to.

— In order to help, benefit, gratify, honor etc. (someone or something).

— To be used or treated in a stated way, or with a stated purpose.

— Supporting; in favour of.

— Because of.

— Over (a period of time).

— Throughout or across (a distance in space).

— On behalf of.

— In the role or capacity of; instead of; in place of.

— In exchange for; in correspondence or equivalence with.

— In order to obtain or acquire.

— By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect.

— (usually in the phrase 'for all') Despite, in spite of.

— Used to indicate the subject of a to-infinitive.

— Indicating something desired or anticipated.

— (in expressions such as 'for a start') Introducing the first item(s) in a potential sequence.

— (with names, chiefly, US) In honor of; after.

— Due or facing (a certain outcome or fate).

— (chiefly, US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio

— (cricket) Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.

— To be, or as being.

— (obsolete) Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.

— by the standards of

for particle

— (obsolete, nonstandard) To, the particle for marking the following verb as an infinitive.

Synonyms for synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as for?

for English » English

because

to

since

as

because of

on account of

in order to

due to

during

owing to

in

at

on

of

while

per

towards

for the sake of

whilst

whereas

toward

with

through

sake

owing

on behalf of

from

for sake of

by

over

about

something

in the capacity of

concerning

before

upon

into

until

somebody

so that

regarding

for the purpose of

benefactive

an

against

a

unto

that

so

seeing

FOR English » English

free on rail

Topics for topics

What do people use for to talk about?

Language and thought Emotion Feel good

Like, love

• What words refer to liking something?
  like have a liking for adore enjoy be fond of proud of someone fancy something have a fancy for take a fancy to care for have affection for admire look up to think highly of approve pleased admire appeals to you be to your liking go down well savor (v) luxuriate be happy with feel good toward feel good about
• What words refer to liking someone?
  like be fond of be attached to have a soft spot for see something in someone a man/woman after your own heart
• What words refer to the feeling of liking something?
  liking admiration adoration affection approval enjoyment fondness for pleasure pride affinity
• What words refer to liking something very much?
  love adore delight enthusiastic about enthusiasm for be mad about be crazy about be attached to have a passion for
• What words refer to liking something and wanting to have it?
  aspire hanker for have a hankering for long for relish (n) relish (v) covet crave desire (v) desire (n) fancy (v) pine for want (v) yearn

Language and thought Want Decide, plan

Purpose, goal

• What words indicate the purpose of something?
  for be for for the sake of serve to so so that to toward with a view to with the aim of
• What words refer to trying to reach a goal?
  to strive toward a goal press on aim for endeavor head for try to accomplish

Grammar Case Primary cases

Beneficiary of an event

• What words mark the beneficiary of an event?
  for for (someone's) sake for the sake of for (someone's) benefit for the benefit of

Work and occupation Work Method

Try, attempt

• What words refer to doing all you can when you are trying to do something?
  try for all your worth do your utmost do everything you can do all you can give your all pull out all the stops struggle to do something go to great lengths to do something
• What words refer to trying hard to get something that you really want?
  try for go for try out for shoot for make a bid for struggle for go all out go after

Social behavior Government Government functions

Represent

• What words refer to representing someone?
  represent act for
• What words refer to speaking for a group of people?
  speak for represent
• What words indicate someone who is representing another person?
  as someone's representative on someone's behalf on behalf of for

Social behavior Conflict Fight

Fight for something good

• What words refer to fighting for something good?
  fight for work for campaign champion be a champion of
• What words refer to the process of fighting for something good?
  fight (n) for struggle for battle campaign for crusade for drive

Work and occupation Work Method

Use

• What words refer to something being used for some activity or purpose?
  be used to be used for be for for

Grammar Connected with, related Dependency relations

Purpose

• What words indicate the intended purpose of something?
  for for the purpose of for the sake of with the purpose of to in order to so that to show that

States Quantity Enough

Need

• What words refer to needing something?
  need be in need of require be a need for could do with have a need be in a pinch be in want
• What words refer to needing something very much?
  be desperate for be crying out for can't do without be dependent on depend on rely on be reliant on badly need
• What words indicate that something makes it necessary to do something?
  make it necessary necessitate call for entail take need require
• What words refer to not needing something?
  don't need can do without can manage without have no need of have no use for can dispense with

Grammar Part of speech

Pronouns

• What pronouns are used to emphasize the people or things being spoken about, especially when you are emphasizing that one person does something and not someone else?
  as for me (I) as for you (you) as for him (he) as for us (we) as for them (they)

Grammar Part of speech Pronouns

Indefinite pronouns

• What pronouns express indefinite reference of a reason?
  reason why for what reason for some reason for any reason for each and every reason for no reason why ever

Language and thought Communication Sign, symbol

Laugh

• What other ways do people show they feel good?
  clap applaud applause cheer jump up and down jump for joy dance for joy shout for joy make merry revel weep for joy ululate

Social behavior Social activity Come together, form a group

Participate

• What words describe a person's stance toward a group?
  for against opposed hold back be on the fringes

Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Trouble

Suffer

• What words refer to suffering?
  suffer ache for someone be afflicted with agonize endure feel horrible have a hard time be hurting be in pain feel pain feel rotten undergo go through put up with be subjected to be in the grip of be in the throes of
• What words refer to suffering because of something you have done?
  suffer pay for pay the penalty for count the cost cost someone dearly stew in your own juice know to your cost find out to your cost at a cost to
• What words refer to someone who seems to enjoy suffering?
  masochist martyr be a glutton for punishment

Physical actions Move Pursue

Escape

• What words refer to escaping from prison?
  break out make a break for it bust out
• What words refer to running away from someone?
  run away run off bolt run for it make a run for it take to your heels scatter run for your life

States Quantity

Enough

• What words refer to having enough of something?
  have enough be OK for be all right for be well off for have sufficient
• What words refer to not having enough of something to do what you want?
  not have enough can't afford be strapped for cash

States Quality Good

Right, proper

• What words refer to something being right for a particular job?
  suit lends itself to be suited to be cut out for be made for fit the bill fit in be right for be the right person for make a good/ideal

States Quality Good Right, proper

Compatible

• What words refer to people being compatible?
  work well together be well-suited be well-matched be made for each other be a perfect match be a perfect pair be ideally suited be right for
• What words refer to people being incompatible?
  not be suited be wrong for not be right for not be someone's type

States Time Aspectual time Start something

Since, from

• What words indicate that something started in the past and continued until now?
  since ever since for from starting from from that time on thereafter

Grammar Case Patient-related cases

Beneficiary (of a patient)

• What words mark the beneficiary of a Patient?
  for

Grammar Connected with, related Coordinate relations But

Instead

• What words indicate that something is true of one person instead of another person?
  instead in someone's place for on someone's behalf

Language and thought Think Opinion

Believe

• What words refer to believing that something is true?
  believe faith trust accept confidence give credence to consider count on rely on reliance depend on dependence swear by take for granted bet on bank on buy take at face value store stock take someone's word for it cling to be convinced be dogmatic follow heed receive think something is true
• What words refer to believing that someone is truthful?
  believe in have confidence in have faith in put your trust in take your word for pin your hopes on give the benefit of the doubt

Language and thought Emotion Feel good Like, love

Enjoy doing something

• What words refer to doing something just because you enjoy it?
  for fun for a laugh for the hell of it

Language and thought Emotion Feel good Like, love

Happy for

• What words refer to feeling good about someone's good fortune?
  be happy for rejoice with be glad for
• What words refer to expressing your joy about someone's good fortune?
  cheer for applaud congratulate

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Sad

Dislike

• What words refer to disliking something?
  don't like dislike (v) take a disliking to take an instant dislike to have a healthy dislike for not be fond of not keen on not be crazy about not think much of not be someone's cup of tea not be to your taste not be to your liking not be your thing not be your type have no time for not take kindly to don't care for look down on turn up your nose at be unhappy with hold in disfavor feel unfavorable toward be displeased with

Language and thought Communication Language

Word

• What words refer to a short form of a word?
  abbreviation abbreviate be short for for short stand for contraction

Social behavior Conflict Fight

Attack

• What words refer to attacking someone?
  attack lead an attack the attack fell on assault assail charge come at drive force your way go for lay into make a run on rush sail into set upon strike confront penetrate defenses be on the offense
• What words refer to starting to fight?
  launch an attack mount an attack start a fight pick a fight be spoiling for a fight looking for a fight challenge (someone to fight)

Physical actions Move Manner of movement

Walk

• What words refer to a time when people walk for fun?
  go for a walk take a walk go for a stroll parade procession stretch your legs hike go hiking trek walk around
• What words refer to causing someone to walk?
  take someone for a walk walk the dog

Physical actions Hide

Search

• What words refer to searching for something?
  search look look for seek hunt for dig explore root sniff spy track be on the lookout for

States Quality Type, kind Compare

Like, similar

• What words refer to something looking very much like another thing?
  be just like look just like be the image of be the spitting image of be the living image of could pass for could be mistaken for be a dead ringer for be the picture of

Grammar Connected with, related Dependency relations

Cause

• What words indicate that something is the cause or reason for an event or state?
  cause reason source because because of for this reason for the above reasons for the following reasons first cause origin breed (v) gives birth to due to owing to thus

Person

Healthy

• What words describe something that makes you healthy?
  healthy be good for you be good for your health do you good beneficial

Person Healthy

Cause of disease

• What words describe something that can make you sick?
  infectious contagious be bad for you be bad for your health unsanitary unhygienic

Person Healthy

Treat disease

• What words refer to taking care of someone who is sick?
  care for (a patient) nurse (a patient) nurse back to health look after hospice care
• What words refer to trying to find out what is wrong with a sick person?
  diagnose prognosis draw/take a sample examine a patient take an x-ray do a test test for lab report take someone's temperature take someone's blood pressure take someone's pulse check-up take a sample specimen

Language and thought Think Opinion

Approve of something

• What words refer to approving of something?
  approve meet with someone's approval agree with believe in condone endorse be for be in favor of okay (v) give it your okay pass sanction subscribe sustain think something is right uphold value (v) think something is right
• What words refer to approving of something very much?
  be all for be all in favor of be a great believer in be an advocate of

Language and thought

Want

• What words refer to wanting something?
  want desire wish long for yearn crave hunger thirst be attracted to fancy have a fancy for intent on

Language and thought Want Influence

Advise

• What words refer to asking for advice?
  ask someone's advice seek advice consult ask for advice request advice turn to for advice

Language and thought Emotion Feel good Interested

Excited

• What words refer to doing something in order to feel excited?
  do something for kicks do something for the thrill of it

Language and thought Emotion Feel good Interested

Indifferent

• What words refer to feeling very indifferent?
  not give a damn couldn't care less be past caring for all I care
• What words indicate that you used to care, but don't anymore because you are hurt or angry?
  be past caring for all I care not give a damn couldn't care less

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Sad

• What words refer to feeling sad?
  be sad feel sad feel down grieve mourn feel sorry for yourself sulk wallow in feel hurt
• What do people say when something bad happens and they want to say they are sad about it?
  it's a pity it's a shame too bad unfortunately sadly regrettably it's unfortunate it's sad more's the pity unhappily I'm sorry sorry to hear sorry (that) wish that ... not (something hadn't happened) tragically feel sorry for someone

Language and thought Communication Say Voice

Speak poorly

• What words are used for speaking inappropriately?
  speak inappropriately be rude crude socially unacceptable filthy speech out of place not fit for mixed company shocking speech
• What words refer to speaking too long?
  speak for too long go over the time allotted be long winded speak forever

Language and thought Communication Say Criticize

Blame

• What words refer to blaming someone for something?
  blame someone for something blame something on someone say something is somebody's fault put the blame on lay the blame on apportion blame hold someone responsible
• What words refer to being blamed for something?
  get the blame get blamed for take the blame take the rap carry the can take the fall

Language and thought Communication Interpreting messages

Show, indicate

• What words refer to something showing that something has a good quality?
  be a tribute to say a lot for reflect well on be a testimony to
• What words refer to something showing that something has a bad quality?
  be a reflection on be a comment on be a symptom of be symptomatic of be an indictment of not say much for reflect badly on make a mockery of sign of the times

Social behavior Behavior Admire someone

Proud

• What words refer to thinking you are more important than you really are?
  self-important pompous jumped up have delusions of grandeur get too big for your boots/britches
• What words refer to behaving in a proud way toward other people?
  look down on look down your nose at be beneath you think you're too good for

Social behavior Behavior Do good to Altruistic, selfless

Selfish

• What words refer to being selfish?
  be selfish think of nobody but yourself self-centered egocentric look out for yourself look out for number one

Social behavior Law Judge, render a verdict

Fault

• What words refer to who is responsible for something bad?
  fault blame responsible be to blame for be guilty of be responsible for guilt responsibility guilty blameless innocent

Social behavior Law Punish

Atone, restitution

• What words refer to atoning for a sin?
  atone expiate make up for make amends compensate repay pay for pay your debt to society

Social behavior Conflict Fight

Defend

• What words refer to defending someone from attack?
  defend come to someone's defense in defense of in someone's defense guard protect safeguard shield stand up for stick up for

Social behavior Conflict Fight

Revenge

• What words refer to getting revenge?
  revenge get revenge take revenge in revenge avenge get back at get even with pay back repay requite retaliate in retaliation retribution wreak vengeance I'll get you for this be out to get
• What words refer to revenge?
  revenge reprisal requital retaliation retribution tit-for-tat vendetta vengeance

Social behavior Conflict War

Defeat

• What words refer to defeating someone in a game or other competition?
  beat defeat outplay be more than match for
• What words refer to defeating someone by using your intelligence?
  outwit outsmart be too clever for

Social behavior Conflict Peace Repent

Request forgiveness

• What words refer to requesting forgiveness?
  ask forgiveness sue for peace seek pardon beg for mercy

Work and occupation Agriculture

Farmland

• What words refer to farmland?
  farmland farm field garden cultivated land agricultural land plantation plowed field tilled field field ready for harvest harvested field fallow field ground prepared for planting

Work and occupation Hunt and fish

Hunting birds

• What words refer to hunting birds?
  hunt for birds snare fowling look for bird's nest

Work and occupation Tool

Carrying tool

• What tools are used for carrying things?
  pole pack backpack suitcase case briefcase sling stretcher tray grass ring for head carrying basket for back rope string liana

Physical actions Move Not moving

Wait

• What words refer to waiting?
  wait wait for wait up for wait on await hang on stand by wait around hang around hold off wait your turn sit something out cool your heels bide your time sit tight sweat it out hesitate hesitation wait and see wait behind lie in wait waiting room waiting list

Physical actions Move something Take somewhere

Take something from somewhere

• What words refer to reaching for something?
  reach for grab at/for snatch at

States Quality Good Right, proper

Convenient

• What words describe something that is convenient?
  convenient handy suit fit in with be good for a good time no trouble no problem
• What words describe something that is not convenient?
  inconvenient not convenient be bad for a bad time

States Time Take time

Forever

• What words are used to indicate that an event or state that will continue forever?
  forever always ever eternally incessantly unceasingly forever and ever in perpetuity for all eternity for all time

States Time Aspectual time Once

Never

• What words indicate that something that never happens?
  never not ever never once not once never for a moment not for a moment never ever at no time not in a million years never in a million years have never been known to do something

Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Epistemic moods

Probably

• What words indicate that something bad will probably happen?
  be heading for be in for threaten threat

Grammar Connected with, related Coordinate relations

But

• What words indicate that something is true in spite of facts or problems that make it seem unlikely?
  but yet still nevertheless even so anyway all the same in spite of this despite this for all that though although
• What words indicate that although one person or thing is similar to another, there is a difference between them?
  but only except except for the fact that

Grammar Connected with, related Coordinate relations But

Except

• What words indicate that something is not included in a group, rule, or pattern?
  except except for apart from aside from bar excepting but for but with the exception of but not

Grammar Connected with, related Discourse markers

Prompters of attention

• What words are used to get someone's attention?
  you you there hey you hello excuse me attention attention please may I have your attention please pay attention listen up everybody now hear this and now for an important announcement and now for a word from our sponsor just a moment wait a minute lend me your ears look here ahem

Person Body Internal organs

Heart

• What words refer to listening to the heart beating?
  take someone's pulse listen to someone's heartbeat feel for a pulse

Person Sense, perceive See

Watch

• What words refer to always watching to see if anything bad happens?
  alert watchful vigilant keep your eyes peeled keep your eyes open look out keep a lookout for

Person Sense, perceive Hear

Listen

• What words refer to listening to something?
  listen listen to listen for hear someone out lend an ear tune in audit give an ear to heed pay attention to prick up your ears be all ears attend to get an earful hearken

Person Healthy Injure

Poison

• What words refer to treating snakebite?
  treat for (snakebite) snakebite treatment cut vein suck poison out snakebite kit

Person Healthy Treat disease

Medicine

• What words refer to taking medicine?
  take something for drink swallow

Person

Life

• What words indicate that something is true of your whole life?
  all your life for life lifelong

Person Life

Marriage

• What words are used of the relationship between a husband and wife?
  wedded bliss care for spouse love marriage relationship

Person Life Marriage

Divorce

• What words refer to leaving your husband or wife?
  leave (your spouse) walk out on leave (your spouse) for another man/woman

Person Life Marriage

Romantic love

• What words refer to doing something with someone you love?
  date go out with see someone ask out ask someone for a date

Person Life Sexual relations

Virginity

• What words refer to no longer being a virgin?
  lose your virginity become sexually active have sex for the first time

Person Life Stage of life Baby

Care for a baby

• What words refer to caring for a baby?
  care for watch baby-sit

Person Life Stage of life Child

Rear a child

• What words refer to caring for a child's needs?
  care for take care of

Person Life

Die

• What words refer to dying to save someone?
  die for give your life lay down your life martyr

Person Life Die

Life after death

• What words refer to caring for the spirit of a dead person?
  offer a sacrifice pray for the dead keep someone's memory alive

Language and thought Soul, spirit Mental state

Notice

• What words describe someone who is not good at noticing things?
  unobservant unperceptive oblivious can't see the forest for the trees got your head in the clouds

Language and thought Soul, spirit Mental state

Ignore

• What words refer to ignoring someone?
  ignore not pay any attention to pay no attention to not take any notice of take no notice of don't mind me/her/them shrug off not want to know take someone for granted avoid refuse to acknowledge don't greet

Language and thought Think Learn

Study

• What words refer to studying something?
  study analyze check concern yourself with consider determine examine experiment (v) follow inquire into investigate learn look into/for look something up probe prowl seek search research study test trace track trail try to find out about

Language and thought Think Learn

Check

• What words refer to checking something to make sure it is true or correct?
  check make sure make certain double-check verify confirm check out crosscheck see for yourself check up on

Language and thought Think Expect

Hope

• What words refer to hoping that something good will happen in the future?
  hope look forward to anticipate eagerly await bide desire dream be optimistic wish for fulfill hope

Language and thought Want Decide, plan

Choose

• What words refer to choosing something?
  choose select prefer decide on pick designate elect favor opt for specify vote would rather have

Language and thought Want

Request

• What words refer to saying something in order to acquire something from the other person?
  request make a request ask for something ask somebody to do something appeal make an appeal petition requisition solicit apply consult

Language and thought Want Influence

Insist

• What words refer to insisting that someone do something?
  insist be insistent at someone's insistence put your foot down demand be adamant won't take no for an answer won't hear of maintain be resolute

Language and thought Want

Offer

• What words refer to offering someone money for something you want?
  offer someone (money) for something make an offer bid

Language and thought Emotion Feel good Like, love

Popular

• What words describe someone or something that is not popular?
  unpopular be out of favor go out of favor with there's no demand for

Language and thought Emotion Feel good

Happy

• What words describe how a person feels when something good happens to someone else?
  feel happy for rejoice with

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Sad

Hate, detest

• What words refer to feeling hateful?
  hate abhor have an abhorrence abominate deplore despise detest loathe have a loathing for look down on odium feel unfriendly toward

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Sad

Shock

• What words refer to causing someone to feel shocked?
  shock come as a shock horrify stun shake knock someone for a loop drop a bombshell outrage rock scandalize traumatize

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Angry

• What words refer to feeling angry for a long time?
  boil burn chafe fume fuss mope seethe simmer smolder stew sulk sullen bear a grudge hold a grudge against have something against have it in for hold something against someone there is no love lost between

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Afraid

• What words refer to feeling afraid?
  feel afraid be afraid fear (v) for fear of have a horror of

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Afraid

Worried

• What words refer to causing someone to feel worried?
  worry someone alarm (v) bother concern (v) cause someone concern disturb trouble (v) bother prey on your mind cause concern be a cause for concern weigh on your mind disquiet

Language and thought Communication Say Ask

Disclose

• What words describe something that is not hidden?
  open openly in the open for all to see

Language and thought Communication Say

Criticize

• What words refer to being criticized by someone else?
  receive criticism come in for criticism be under attack come under attack get a lot of flak take a lot of flak be open to criticism

Language and thought Communication Say Criticize

Complain

• What words refer to something that someone complains about?
  complaint grievance gripe grumble objection cause for complaint

Social behavior Relationships Disunity

Alone

• What words refer to feeling lonely because someone you love is not there?
  miss want to see someone feel lonesome long for someone

Social behavior Social activity Music

Musician

• What words describe a good or bad musician?
  have an ear for music have a good ear maestro tone deaf

Social behavior Behavior Good, moral

Reputation

• What words refer to having a good reputation?
  have a good reputation have a reputation for be of good repute be well thought of have a good name

Social behavior Behavior Admire someone

Despise someone

• What words refer to despising someone?
  despise disdain disregard rebuff reject repudiate scoff scorn shun slight sneer at snub spurn be contemptuous of hold in contempt feel contempt for feel superior think someone is worthless think poorly of feel superior to look down on spit on be cliquish turn up your nose at

Social behavior Behavior

Love

• What words refer to loving someone?
  love (v) like attached care about cherish be close feel friendly toward favor hold in favor feel favorable toward be fond of wish someone well hope things turn out well for someone be partial to be enshrined in your heart

Social behavior Behavior Love

Hate, ill will

• What words refer to hating someone?
  hate wish evil on wish one ill want revenge have it in for

Social behavior Behavior Love

Not care

• What do people say when they don't care?
  for all I care who cares? so what? not my problem not my concern that's your problem that's your lookout tough!

Social behavior Behavior Love

Abandon

• What words describe something that has been abandoned?
  abandoned forsaken derelict uncared-for

Social behavior Behavior

Do good to

• What words refer to doing good to someone?
  do good to be good to be kind to benefit (v) treat well be merciful to bless care for

Social behavior Behavior Do good to

Do evil to

• What words describe something that harms someone?
  harmful damaging be bad for

Social behavior Behavior Do good to Share with

Provide for, support

• What words refer to providing someone with what they need?
  provide for support furnish supply

Social behavior Behavior Do good to Share with

Care for

• What words refer to caring for someone?
  care for take care of meet someone's needs

Social behavior Behavior Honest

Deceive

• What words refer to acting in such a way that someone is led to believe something false?
  deceive fool take in defraud cheat fleece bilk swindle hustle dupe hoodwink foist upon palm off on outwit outmaneuver finagle slip one over on put something over on con lay a trap for lure beguile delude trick entrap ensnare pull the wool over someone's eyes play a trick on play a practical joke on send on a fool's errand make a fool of mislead

Social behavior Prosperity, trouble

Respond to trouble

• What does a person do when he is in trouble?
  cry for help rise to the occasion respond take action deal with

Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Respond to someone in trouble

Mercy

• What words refer to having mercy on someone?
  have mercy be merciful be compassionate feel sorry for have a heart be kind empathize empathy pity (v) spare

Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Chance

Lucky

• What words refer to being lucky all the time?
  lucky fortunate some people have all the luck lead a charmed life not know you're born it's all right for some

Social behavior Government Government functions Police

Arrest

• What do police do to suspected criminals?
  pursue hunt down look for post want ads

Social behavior Law Court of law

Legal personnel

• What is a lawyer called who defends the accused person?
  defense attorney counsel for the defense

Social behavior Law Trial

Defend against accusation

• What words refer to defending someone?
  make defense defend uphold protect fortify excuse apologize plead make a case for represent advocate argue a case prove offer proof

Social behavior Conflict

Fight

• What words refer to a fight between a few people?
  fight (n) brawl (n) fracas fray free-for-all melee scrap scuffle (n)

Social behavior Conflict Fight Attack

Ambush

• What words refer to ambushing someone?
  ambush ambuscade bushwhack jump lie in wait for mug pounce strike turn on waylay

Social behavior Conflict War

Surrender

• What words refer to surrendering to an enemy?
  surrender sue for peace armistice concede defeat accept defeat admit defeat give up give in yield call it quits unconditional surrender lay down arms turn yourself in

Social behavior Conflict War Military organization

Spy

• What do spies do?
  spy spy on spy for conduct espionage conduct covert operations collect information gather intelligence betray secrets

Social behavior Conflict Peace

Repent

• What words refer to an effort to make up for doing wrong?
  make amends make up for set things right make restitution pay back what was taken return stolen goods

Daily life Food Eat

Meal

• What do people say at the beginning of a meal?
  Let's say grace. Let's thank the Lord for the food. Let's eat. Dig in.

Daily life Sleep

Go to sleep

• What words refer to getting ready for bed?
  get ready for bed go to bed turn in

Work and occupation Work Method Use

Useful

• What words describe something that is useful?
  useful be of use handy helpful valuable be good for be worth constructive nifty

Work and occupation Work Difficult, impossible

Advantage

• What words refer to having an advantage over other people?
  have an advantage be at an advantage have something on your side the odds are stacked in your favor have a head start have everything going for you hold all the cards have the upper hand be in a strong position be in a position of strength

Work and occupation Work

Unemployed, not working

• What words refer to not having a job?
  unemployed not working out of work idle jobless looking for work

Work and occupation Hunt and fish

Hunt

• What weapons are used to hunt animals?
  spear hunting bow arrow poison for arrow quiver hunting net club gun

Work and occupation Hunt and fish

Things done to animals

• What words are used for killing fish?
  fish fish for hook net spear bait

Work and occupation

Occupation

• What words are used of finding a job?
  look for a job find a job find employment job hunting

Work and occupation Occupation Working with minerals

Mining

• What words refer to looking for minerals?
  prospecting pan for gold

Work and occupation Occupation Working with minerals

Working with clay

• What tools are used to work with clay?
  potter's wheel sponge kiln brick form form for tile mold

Work and occupation Occupation Working with minerals

Working with oil and gas

• What words refer to drilling for oil and gas?
  drill for oil extract strike oil gusher

Work and occupation Finance Share wealth

Beg

• What words refer to begging?
  beg beg for panhandle bum mooch off ask alms

Work and occupation Business organization

Work for someone

• What words refer to working for someone?
  work for be employed have a job be in the employ of

Physical actions

Move

• What general words refer to moving your body to a different location?
  move movement change position maneuver jockey for position budge

Physical actions Move Manner of movement Walk

Jump

• What words refer to jumping up and down in one place?
  jump jump up and down bounce leap buck bob jump for joy

Physical actions Move Manner of movement

Move quickly

• What words refer to moving quickly?
  move quickly hurry haste hasten rush forge ahead charge barrel along move like a bat out of hell make a beeline for boil bolt bustle move along at a good clip dart double-time fast fire flash flat-out fling flit fly gallop move like greased lightning be really hopping kick lickety-split plunge in quick race rapid rapidly rapidity run rush sail scour scud shoot move like sixty skim snappily speed stampede streak sweep swift swiftly swing tear apace tilt vroom whiz wildfire zip zoom at full speed at top speed express make tracks burn up the track

Physical actions Move Manner of movement Move quickly

Move slowly

• What do you say to someone when you want him to slow down?
  Slow down! Whoa! (horse) Wait, wait! Wait for me! Wait a minute! Can we slow down?

Physical actions Move Move in a direction

Move sideways

• What words refer to moving sideways?
  move sideways make room for move aside move out of the way get out of the way move over budge shift

Physical actions Move Travel

Way, route

• What refer to asking someone the way?
  ask someone the way ask for directions

Physical actions Move Travel

Map

• What words refer to using a map?
  read a map look for something on the map find something on the map trace a route

States Quantity Number Cardinal numbers

Two

• What words refer to something used by two people?
  for two double two-man

States Quantity All

Exact

• What words describe something that is exactly the same as another thing?
  exact accurate faithful strict literal word for word just

States Quality Type, kind Compare

Same

• What words describe two things that are the same?
  same identical indistinguishable can't tell the difference can't tell them apart be no different from match be a carbon copy word for word be synonymous with be no better than be nothing more than

States Quality Good Right, proper

Wrong, unsuitable

• What words refer to someone being unsuitable for a job?
  unsuitable not suitable not be cut out for wrong ill-suited to not suited to

States Time Take time

A short time

• What words indicate that something happens for a short time?
  take a short time be for a short time brief briefly briefness

States Time Take time

A long time

• What words indicate that something happens for a long time?
  take a long time be for a long time go long go over the time allotted take forever last a long time went on forever kept going and going lengthy enduring

States Time Relative time Right time

Delay

• What words refer to deliberately delaying someone in order to accomplish something?
  stall play for time delaying tactics

States Time Aspectual time Past

Recently

• What words indicate that something has been happening up until now?
  recently lately in recent weeks/months in the last/past few weeks/months for the last/past few weeks/months

States Time Aspectual time Age

Old, not young

• What words refer to being almost a particular age?
  be pushing be getting on for

Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Agent-oriented modalities

Necessary

• What words describe something that is not necessary?
  unnecessary extraneous incidental inessential needless nonessential uncalled-for unessential unnecessary unneeded

Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Moods

Hortative

• What words indicate that something should be done?
  should ought to be responsible for be duty bound

Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Epistemic moods

Certainly, definitely

• What words indicate that something will certainly happen?
  certainly definitely be bound to be sure to be certain to be assured of be only a matter of time be just a matter of time cut and dried you can bet your life you can bet your bottom dollar be a certainty be a foregone conclusion for sure

Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Epistemic moods Unsure

Think so

• What words indicate that you think something is true, but you have no proof of it?
  assume assumption presume suppose imagine take it for granted presumably I take it

Grammar Connected with, related Dependency relations Cause

Without cause

• What words indicate that something has no cause or reason?
  without cause unreasonable without basis absurd for no reason by itself

Grammar Connected with, related Dependency relations

Result

• What words indicate the result of something?
  result outcome end to result in to lead to wages to end up being have as a consequence therefore so then consequently as a result for this reason with the result that so that as a result to cause which caused so that that accordingly then hence and so yield has the effect of

Grammar Connected with, related Dependency relations Purpose

Without purpose

• What words indicate that there is no purpose to an action?
  without purpose for no purpose in vain purposeless senseless chance indiscriminate meaningless pointless undirected

Grammar Connected with, related Discourse markers

Markers of identificational and explanatory clauses

• What words are used to introduce an example?
  for example e.g. as follows as below such as let me give you an example to illustrate

Grammar Name

Name of a person

• What words refer to the reason why someone is given a name?
  be named for be named after namesake

Examples for examples

How do I use for in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I'm at a loss for words.

For some reason I feel more alive at night.

I'd like to stay for one night.

I'm getting ready for the worst.

I don't know if he would have done it for me.

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

Are you for or against his idea?

Who are you waiting for?

You were late for work.

You must make up for the loss.

For some reason the microphone didn't work earlier.

I can only wonder if this is the same for everyone else.

They are too busy fighting against each other to care for common ideals.

It would take forever for me to explain everything.

It's a word I'd like to find a substitute for.

It's a word I'd like to find a replacement for.

I am not an artist. I never had the knack for it.

Maybe it will be exactly the same for him.

Thanks for having explained to me at last why people take me for an idiot.

Thanks for your explanation.

Thank you for your explanation.

For once in my life I'm doing a good deed. And it is useless.

Movie subtitles

No, it's not mine. We just live in the basement for rent.

Well, we have to go there and see? but I'll be a good match for a husband.

Are you fallen for her or something?

Why are you crying for?

Huh, why are you crying for.

Can I feed him for some milk too?

You don't even know anyone and yet you still came for me?

In anycase, thank you for liking a girl like me.

Even though I appreciate it, I already have someone I like. There's no room for you.

I am to die for, right?

For giving birth to me, and raising me up so well.

The first cases appeared in early summer. 2 00:00:55,740 -- 00:00:58,410 For months the virus tried to destroy the population.

Open for me.

Please come for immediate evacuation.

It's quite an inconvenience for us as well.

The entire world is searching for you.

We're late, I hope he's waiting for us.

Uh, yes. Well then, please come with me for a little bit!

Jeez, for being honored.

Understandable for Elevens, but you're Britannian, aren't you?

But if I stop aiming for something, my father will have died in vain.

We can't just take their word for it!

Don't mistake borrowed power for your own ability!

This is the stadium for the inaugural ceremony for the specially administrated zone of Nippon.

They'll mistake this for a farce planned by the Britannians!

Wasn't having Zero tell us to wait here enough for you?

All conditions for this situation have been cleared.

Good, 'cause I'm really jonesing for some.

You think he'll trade for these?

Every night after school, me, Mickey, and Pork Chop are making sandwiches for, like, two solid hours, sometimes three.

Then I package them and get them ready for distribution to all the hungry kids in the yard the next day.

But Santa Claus doesn't charge for his presents.

He gives his shit away for free.

Well, maybe if I had a bunch of flying reindeer, then maybe it wouldn't be so hard for me to get the product into the yard.

I'm saying, and, uh, when he called me to ask for my help, I just couldn't refuse.

Nick's always told us none of us can get involved with the peanut racket, and there's no way I'm going to betray Nick for a kiss on the cheek for a lousy seven seconds.

I'll do it if you let me put my hand in your back pocket for 15 seconds.

I need you to start catching for me.

When a kid owes me money, that makes me money. Now instead of paying a catcher 20 bucks, I got one for free. It's all profit.

You should think about getting out of the game for a while.

News and current affairs

One successful gold investor recently explained to me that stock prices languished for a more than a decade before the Dow Jones index crossed the 1,000 mark in the early 1980's.

After all, medieval alchemists engaged in what we now consider an absurd search for ways to transform base metals into gold.

PARIS - As the economic crisis deepens and widens, the world has been searching for historical analogies to help us understand what has been happening.

Yet 2008-2009, like 1989, may very well correspond to an epochal change, whose unfolding consequences will be felt for decades.

For many of his supporters, it was President Ronald Reagan who, with his deliberate escalation of the arms race, pushed the Soviet economy to the brink, thereby fully demonstrating the superiority of liberal societies and free markets.

But if the human capacity for destruction knows few limits, the ability to start over again is just as remarkable.

They wanted better housing, education, and free health care for all.

Stalin was content to settle for an empire in Eastern Europe.

For a short while, many prominent people - Albert Einstein, for one - believed that only a world government would be able to ensure global peace.

Social democracy, with its promise of greater equality and opportunities for all, served as an ideological antidote.

Few people can muster great enthusiasm for the UN.

Neoliberalism filled the vacuum, creating vast wealth for some people, but at the expense of the ideal of equality that had emerged from World War II.

In recent years, other ideologies have also emerged to fill the human need for collective ideals.

Admittedly, getting to a much higher price for gold is not quite the leap of imagination that it seems.

After adjusting for inflation, today's price is nowhere near the all-time high of January 1980.

But, despite gold's heightened allure in the wake of an extraordinary run-up in its price, it remains a very risky bet for most of us.

What was true for the alchemists of yore remains true today: gold and reason are often difficult to reconcile.

For geo-strategists, however, the year that naturally comes to mind, in both politics and economics, is 1989.

By contrast, 2009 is likely to pave the way to a new form of bipolarity, but with China substituting for the Soviet Union.

Yet, history is unfair, and the US, despite its greater responsibility for today's global crisis, may emerge in better shape than most countries from the morass.

What, for example, will happen to a country as central and vulnerable as Egypt when hundred of thousands of Egyptians working in the Gulf are forced to return to their homeland as a result of the crisis in the oil-producing countries?