You can make 5 words from for according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 3 letters words made out of for
for ofr fro rfo orf rof
Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word for. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in for.
Definitions and meaning of for
for
Etymology
From Middle Englishfor, from Old Englishfor(“for, because of”), from Proto-Germanic*furi(“for”), from Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-.
Cognate with West Frisianfoar(“for”), Dutchvoor(“for”), Germanfür(“for”), Danishfor(“for”), Swedishför(“for”), Norwegianfor(“for”), Icelandicfyrir(“for”), Latinper(“by, through, for, by means of”) and Romance language successors (e.g. Spanishpara(“for”)), Ancient Greekπερί(perí, “for, about, toward”), Lithuanianper(“by, through, during”), Sanskritपरि(pári, “over, around”).
Pronunciation
(stressed) enPR: fôr
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fɔː(ɹ)/
(General American, Canada) IPA(key): /fɔɹ/
(General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /foː(ɹ)/
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
(unstressed) enPR: fər
(Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /fə/
given that, seeing that; see also Thesaurus:because
Translations
Preposition
for
Towards; in the direction of.
Directed at; intended to belong to.
In order to help, benefit, gratify, honor etc. (someone or something).
Befitting of someone’s beliefs, needs, wants, skills, or tastes; best suited to.
To be used or treated in a stated way, or with a stated purpose.
Supporting, in favour of.
Antonym:against
Because of.
Intended to cure, remove or counteract; in order to cure, remove or counteract.
Over (a period of time).
Throughout or across (a distance in space).
Used to introduce a subject of a to-infinitive clause.
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 that those standards are lower than one might otherwise expect; considering.
To be, or as being.
17th century Abraham Cowley, Of Wit
We take a falling meteor for a star.
c. 1690, John Dryden, Translations (Preface)
Most of our ingenious young men take up some cry'd-up English poet for their model.
(usually in the phrase 'for all') Despite, in spite of.
1892 August 6, "The Unbidden Guest", in Charles Dickens, Jr. (editor), All the Year Round,[2] page 133,
Mr. Joseph Blenkinshaw was perhaps not worth quite so much as was reported; but for all that he was a very wealthy man […]
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.
(UK) Due for 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.
(obsolete)Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.
Used in various more-or-less idiomatic ways to construe individual verbs, indicating various semantic relationships such as target, purpose, result, etc.; see also the entries for individual phrasal verbs, e.g. ask for, look for, stand for, etc.
(nonstandard) So (that), in order to
He took the swing shift for he could get more overtime.
Alternative forms
(eye dialects): fo, fo', fur, fuh, fer
Antonyms
against
Derived terms
Translations
Particle
for
(nonstandard, in representations of dialectal speech, especially that of black speakers) To, the particle for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
2007, H. Nigel Thomas, Return to Arcadia: A Novel (Tsar Publications):
"She say that when nigger people step out o' they place and start for rub shoulders with Bacra, trouble just 'round the corner."
Related terms
for to
References
Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "Spatial particles of orientation", in The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition, Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-81430 8
“for”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
“for”, in The Century Dictionary[…], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
'fro, ORF, fro, orf
Abinomn
Noun
for
a kind of fish
Cameroon Pidgin
Alternative forms
foe, fo
Etymology
From Englishfor.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /fɔ/
Preposition
for
for
Catalan
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic)[ˈfɔr]
IPA(key): (Valencian)[ˈfor]
Noun
form (pluralfors)
tax, rate
(numismatics) exchange rate, market value (of a coin)
From Old Danishfor, from Proto-Germanic*furai (in Western Old Norse replaced by the variant Old Norsefyrr, from Proto-Germanic*furiz, *furi, = Danishbefore).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [fʌ]
Preposition
for
for
of
to
on
at
before, in front of
by
Adverb
for
too (more than enough; as too much)
in front
forward
Conjunction
for
for, because
Etymology 3
See fare(“to rush, run”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈfoˀɐ̯], [ˈfoɐ̯ˀ]
Verb
for, fór or farede
past of fare.
Esperanto
Etymology
Compare Latinforās, forīs(“outside”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [for]
Audio:
Hyphenation: for
Adverb
for
away, far, gone
Derived terms
French
Etymology
Inherited from Latinforum; doublet of fur and forum. Unrelated to Frenchfort.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /fɔʁ/
Noun
form (plural not attested)
(obsolete)Only used in for intérieur
Further reading
“for”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Etymology 1
Inflected form of ir(“to go”).
Verb
for
first/third-person singular future subjunctive of ir
Etymology 2
Inflected form of ser(“to be”).
Verb
for
first/third-person singular future subjunctive of ser
1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
Derived terms
Related terms
fāma
fās
References
for in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
for in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
for in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Karl Gottlob Zumpt, 1846, A school-grammar of the Latin language, p146
Middle English
Alternative forms
vor, ver, fer, fur
Etymology
From Old Englishfor, from Proto-Germanic*fura, *furi.
Preposition
for
for
Conjunction
for
for
Descendants
English: for
Scots: for
Yola: vor, var
References
“for, prep.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
“for, conj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Middle Irish
Etymology
From Old Irishfor, from Proto-Celtic*uɸor, from Proto-Indo-European*uper.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /for/
Preposition
for (with accusative or dative)
on, over
Further reading
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 for”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Sebastian, Martyr"
for (for the sake of) (+ dative)
c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Luke 9:24
for (on behalf of, instead of) (+ accusative)
c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Paul the Apostle"
ago (+ dative)
c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
(Usually in the phrase for eall) for all, despite, in spite of(+ dative)
Descendants
Middle English: for
English: for
Scots: for
Yola: vor, var
Etymology 2
see faran
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /foːr/
Verb
fōr
first/third-person singular preterite of faran
Etymology 3
From Proto-Germanic*fōrō(“trip; wagon”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /foːr/
Noun
fōrf (nominative pluralfōra)
journey, going, course, expedition, approach; passage, lifestyle, way of life
Declension
Etymology 4
Variant of fearh. From Proto-West Germanic*farh(“pig”). Cognate with Middle Low Germanvōr(“lean young pig”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /foːr/
Noun
fōrm
hog, pig
Declension
Descendants
Middle English: *farow, *fargh(attested only in plural form faren)
English: farrow
Scots: ferrae, ferry, farry
Old Irish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /for/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic*sweseros, from *swīs(“you (pl.)”); compare Latinvester.
Alternative forms
far, bar
Determiner
for (triggers eclipsis)
your (plural)
you (plural; as the object of a preposition that takes the genitive)
For quotations using this term, see Citations:for.
Synonyms
sethar
Descendants
Irish: bhur
Scottish Gaelic: ur
Etymology 2
From Proto-Celtic*uɸor-, from Proto-Indo-European*upér.
Alternative forms
far
Preposition
for (with accusative or dative)
on, over
For quotations using this term, see Citations:for.
Inflection
Derived terms
Combinations with definite articles:
forsin(d)(masculine and feminine accusative singular, all genders dative singular)
forsa(neuter accusative singular)
for(s)na(accusative plural)
for(s)naib(dative plural)
Combinations with possessive determiners:
form(“on my”)
fort(“on your sg”)
fora(“on his/her/its/their”)
Combinations with relative pronouns:
for(s)a(“on whom, on which”)
forna(“on whom/which … not”)
Further reading
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 for (‘on, over’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 for, far, bar, uar (‘your’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Norse
Etymology
Probably derived from Proto-Germanic*furhs.
Noun
forf
furrow
Descendants
Icelandic: for
Norwegian Nynorsk: for
Norwegian Bokmål: får
Old Swedish: for
Swedish: fåra
References
"for", in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Old Saxon
Noun
for
Alternative form of fora
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latinforem(imperfect active subjunctive).
Pronunciation
Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo)-oɾ, (Brazil)-oʁ
Hyphenation: for
Verb
for
first/third-person singular future subjunctive of ir
first/third-person singular future subjunctive of ser
Etymology 2
Unadapted borrowing from Englishfor.
Pronunciation
Noun
form (pluralfors)
(programming) for loop (a loop that uses a counter)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latinforum.
Noun
forn (pluralforuri)
forum
Declension
Swedish
Verb
for
past indicative of fara
Walloon
Etymology
From Old Frenchforn, from Latinfurnus.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /fɔʀ/
Noun
form (pluralfors)
oven
West Makian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɸor/
Verb
for
(transitive) to hit repeatedly with a stick or other object
Conjugation
References
Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[4], Pacific linguistics