for

/fə/

US pronunciation

American sound/fə/

for

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final r is pronounced in US English

US voice -> for

Myanmar meaning

(prep) အတွက်။ အဖို့။ အလို့ငှာ။

Full entry

for / fǝ(r); strong form fↄ:(r) / prep

၁။ အတွက်။ ဖို့။ There's a letter for you.
❍ Are all these presents for me? ❍ Have you made a cup of tea for Mrs Watson?
၂။ (က) အတွက်။ fighting for their country
❍ Would you please translate this letter for me? ❍ What can I do for you? ❍ Take some aspirin for (ie to relieve the pain caused by) your headache. ❍ The assistant manager ran the business for (ie instead of) him while he was sick. (ခ) တွင်။ ထံတွင်။ She works for a publisher.
၃။ ရန်။ အတွက်။ ဖို့။ အလို့ငှာ။ go for a walk
❍ It's a machine for slicing bread. ❍ Are you learning English for pleasure or for your work? ❍ For sales to (ie In order that sales may) increase, we must lower our prices. ❍ (infml ) What did you do that for (ie Why did you do that)?
၄။ သို့။ ကို။ အတွက်။ ဖို့။ leave for home ❍ Is this the bus for Chicago? ❍ She knew she was destined for a great future. ❍ a chair for visitors
❍ bicycles for sale or for hire ❍ It's a book for (ie intended to be read by or to) children. ❍ This is the place for me (ie I like it very much).
၅။ အတွက်။ ဖို့။ ကြောင့်။ The town is famous for its cathedral. ❍ Please take care of her for my sake. ❍ I couldn't speak for laughing. ❍ He didn't answer for fear of hurting her. ❍ He gave me roses for my birthday.
၆။ ဖို့။ အတွက်။ anxious for sb's safety ❍ I'm ready for a break. ❍ Fortunately for us, the weather changed.
၇။ အတွက်။ Are you for or against the proposal? ❍ Three cheers for the winner! ❍ We're campaigning for a bypass round the town. ❍ I'm all for pubs staying open all day. Compare AGAINST ၁
၈။ (က) အတွက်။ ကိုယ်စား။ I am speaking for everyone in the department. ❍ Who's the congresswoman for this district?
(ခ) အနေဖြင့်။ What’s the ‘S’ for in A S Hornby? ❍ Shaking your head for ‘No’ is not universal.
၉။ အတွက်။ ဖို့။ အလို့ငှာ။ search for treasure
❍ hope for a settlement ❍ ask the policeman for directions ❍ go to a friend for advice ❍ There were over fifty applicants for the job. ❍ For more information, phone this number.
၁၀။ အတွက်။ buy a book for £ 3 ❍ She gave me their old TV for nothing. ❍ get a medal for bravery ❍ He was fined for dangerous driving.
၁၁။ အစား။ …ချင်း။ exchange one's car for a new one ❍ Don't translate it word for word.
၁၂။ အတွက်။ There's one bad apple for every three good ones. ❍ You get a coupon for every 20 litres of petrol you buy.
၁၃။ အနေဖြင့်။ ဖို့။ It's quite warm for January. ❍ She's tall for her age. ❍ He's not bad for a beginner.
၁၄။ ပြီးနောက်။ ပြီးရင်။ You'll feel all the better for a good night's sleep. ❍ This room would look more cheerful for a spot of paint.
၁၅။ (က) လောက်။ အထိ။ တိုင်အောင်။ I'm going away for a few days. ❍ You said you would love me for ever. (ခ) မှာ။ ၌။ တွင်။ a reservation for the first week in June ❍ an appointment for 12 May ❍ We're invited for 7.30. (ဂ) အနေဖြင့်။ I'm warning you for the last time — stop talking!
၁၆။ တိုင်တိုင်။ တိုင်အောင်။ အထိ။ He crawled on his hands and knees for 100 metres. ❍ The road went on for miles and miles.
၁၇။ (က) အဖို့၊ အတွက်။ It's impossible for me to leave my family. ❍ It's useless for us to continue. ❍ It's customary for the women to sit apart. ❍ (fml ) For her to have survived such an ordeal was remarkable. (ခ) အဖို့။ အတွက်။ There's no need for you to go. ❍ It's time for us to leave. ❍ His greatest wish was for his daughter to take over the business. (ဂ) အဖို့။ အတွက်။ The box is too heavy for me to lift. ❍ Is it clear enough for you to read? (ဃ) အဖို့။ အတွက်။ letters for the manager to sign ❍ I would give anything for this not to have happened. ❍ It's not for me (ie It is not my responsibility) to say. (င) ဖို့။ အတွက်။ Nothing would please me more than for her to win the next election. ❍ Nothing could be more pleasant than for them both to get married.
conj (dated or fml ) အဘယ်ကြောင့်ဆိုသော်။ အကြောင်းမှာ။ We listened eagerly, for he brought news of our families. ❍ I believed her — for surely she would not lie to me.
❏ be for it ; be in for it [IDM ] (infml ) ဒုက္ခ ရောက်တော့ မှာပဲ။ You were seen stealing those apples—you're for it now.
❏ for all [IDM ]
၁။ သော်ငြားလည်း။ သို့ဖြစ်စေကာမူ။ For all his talk about sports cars and swimming-pools he's just an ordinary bank clerk.
၂။ သမျှတော့။ For all I know she's still living in Boston. ❍ You can do what you like, for all I care! မင်းလုပ်ချင်ရာလုပ်၊ ငါဂရုမစိုက်ဘူး။ ❍ For all the good it's done we might never have bothered.

More examples

I’ve brought a cup of tea for you.
Claudia, this present is for you.
So, what can I do for you?
The academy provides training for young musicians.
They’ll have to buy furniture for the new house.
Betty will take care of things for us while we’re away.
We are here today to honour those who died for their country.
We use the basement for storage.
The red button is for turning the machine off.
There have been drought conditions for the last two summers.
I’ve been waiting for 20 minutes.
[for a while] : We haven’t seen Kim for a while.
The desert stretched for hundreds of miles in all directions.
They must have walked for at least three miles.
The meeting was planned for 10 o’clock.
The release of her new album is scheduled for next August.
She works for a firm of accountants.
I sold my car for £900.
How much do you want for those two lamps?
They bought the entire business for around £15m.
He says he won’t fix the bike for less than sixty pounds.
Some labourers were working for less than £3 a day.
Everyone says they are for equal opportunities.
Support for the government’s reform programme has been overwhelming.

Synonyms

intended for, designed for, meant for, used for, after, aimed at, all for, all in all, all things considered, and so, as, as a result of, as long as, as things go, be in favor of, be on one's side, because, being, beneficial to, buck for, by cause of, by reason of, by virtue of, concerning, conducive to, considering, cotton to, cottoning to, due to, during, everything being equal, favor, flash on, for the reason that, for the sake of, for this reason, forasmuch as, hold with, in as much as, in behalf of, in consequence, in consideration of, in contemplation of, in exchange for, in favor of, in furtherance of, in lieu, in light of, in order to, in order to get, in place of, in pursuance of, in spite of, in support of, in that, in that event, in the direction of, in the interest of, in the name of, in view of, inasmuch as, insomuch as, lean toward, leaning toward, look to, look up to, looking to, notwithstanding, now, now that, on account of, on the grounds, on the grounds that, on the part of, on the side of, opt for, owing to, pro, regard highly, relieved, root for, rooting for, since, single out, singled out, supporting, supposing, take a liking to, take a shine to, take to, thanks to, thence, therefore, therefrom, think well of, tilt toward, to, to counterbalance, to end, to go to, to that end, to the amount of, to the extent of, toward, under the authority of, valuing, whereas, with a view to, with regard to, with respect

Antonyms

against, loath, uneager

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