FOR

  1. (initialism) .  Field Of Research.
  2. (initialism) .  w:Fellowship of Reconciliation, any of a number of religious nonviolent organizations, particularly in English-speaking countries.
  3. (initialism) .  IATA airport code for Pinto Martins International Airport in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
  4. (initialism) .  frame of reference.
  5. Conjunction.  because.
  6. Preposition.  Towards.
  7. Preposition.  Directed at, intended to belong to.
  8. Preposition.  Supporting (opposite of ''against'').
  9. Preposition.  Because of.
  10. Preposition.  Over a period of time.
  11. Preposition.  On behalf of.
  12. Preposition.  To obtain.
  13. Preposition.  In the direction of: (non-gloss definition, marks a point one is going toward.) .
  14. Preposition.  Despite, in spite of.
  15. Preposition.  (non-gloss definition, Used to indicate the subject of a to-infinitive.) .
  16. Preposition.  (non-gloss definition, Used to construe various verbs.) See the entry for the phrasal verb.

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