for
preposition (TO GET) strong /fɔːr/
/fɔːr/ weak /fər/
/fɚ/ Definition
A2 in order to get or achieve: I hate waiting for public transport. I had to run for the bus. Did you send off for details of the competition? I've applied for a job with another computer company.Goals and purposes
(Definition of for preposition (TO GET) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- aim noun (INTENTION)
- ambition noun
- avail noun
- dedicated adjective
- end noun (AIM)
- goal noun (AIM)
- have big ideas idiom
- idea noun (PURPOSE)
- mission noun (JOB)
- object noun (PURPOSE)
- order noun (PURPOSE)
- orientation noun (AIMS)
- prize noun
- purpose noun
- raison d'être noun
- sb's heart's desire idiom
- should modal verb (POSSIBILITY)
- the end justifies the means idiom
- the order of the day idiom
- way noun (WANT)
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