Of vs. For
Ofpreposition
Expressing distance or motion.
Ofpreposition
From (of distance, direction), "off".
Ofpreposition
Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
Ofpreposition
From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
Ofpreposition
Before (the hour); to.
Ofpreposition
Expressing separation.
Ofpreposition
Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.
Ofpreposition
Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.
Ofpreposition
(obsolete) Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.
Ofpreposition
Expressing origin.
Ofpreposition
Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.
Ofpreposition
Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation; from, out of, as an expression of.
Ofpreposition
(following an intransitive verb) Indicates the source or cause of the verb.
Ofpreposition
(following an adjective) Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.
Ofpreposition
Expressing agency.
Ofpreposition
(following a passive verb) Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).
Ofpreposition
Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase (see also 'Possession' senses below).
Ofpreposition
(following an adjective) Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.
Ofpreposition
Expressing composition, substance.
Ofpreposition
(after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) Used to indicate the material or substance used.
Ofpreposition
(directly following a noun) Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.
Ofpreposition
Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.
Ofpreposition
Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.
Ofpreposition
Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second; "which is also".
Ofpreposition
Introducing subject matter.
Ofpreposition
Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-matter; concerning, with regard to.
Ofpreposition
(following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) Introduces its subject matter; about, concerning.
Ofpreposition
(following an adjective) Introduces its subject matter.
Ofpreposition
Having partitive effect.
Ofpreposition
(following a number or other quantitive word) Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment; "from among".
Ofpreposition
(following a noun) Indicates a given part.
Ofpreposition
Some, an amount of, one of.
Ofpreposition
Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).
Ofpreposition
Expressing possession.
Ofpreposition
Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.
Ofpreposition
Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
Ofpreposition
Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this intersects with the subjective genitive, above under "agency" senses.)
Ofpreposition
Forming the "objective genitive".
Ofpreposition
Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.
Ofpreposition
Expressing qualities or characteristics.
Ofpreposition
Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier; in respect to, as regards.
Ofpreposition
Indicates a quality or characteristic; "characterized by".
Ofpreposition
Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.
Ofpreposition
Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives modified by certain common adverbs of degree.
Ofpreposition
Expressing a point in time.
Ofpreposition
During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
Ofpreposition
For (a given length of time).
Ofpreposition
(after a noun) Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.
Ofverb
(usually in modal perfect constructions) lang=en or ’ve, chiefly in depictions of colloquial speech.
Ofpreposition
In a general sense, from, or out from; proceeding from; belonging to; relating to; concerning; - used in a variety of applications; as:
Ofpreposition
Denoting that from which anything proceeds; indicating origin, source, descent, and the like; as, he is of a race of kings; he is of noble blood.
Ofpreposition
Denoting possession or ownership, or the relation of subject to attribute; as, the apartment of the consul: the power of the king; a man of courage; the gate of heaven.
Ofpreposition
Denoting the material of which anything is composed, or that which it contains; as, a throne of gold; a sword of steel; a wreath of mist; a cup of water.
Ofpreposition
Denoting part of an aggregate or whole; belonging to a number or quantity mentioned; out of; from amongst; as, of this little he had some to spare; some of the mines were unproductive; most of the company.
Ofpreposition
Denoting that by which a person or thing is actuated or impelled; also, the source of a purpose or action; due to; as, they went of their own will; no body can move of itself; he did it of necessity.
Ofpreposition
Denoting reference to a thing; about; concerning; relating to; as, to boast of one's achievements; they talked of many things.
Ofpreposition
Denoting nearness or distance, either in space or time; from; as, within a league of the town; within an hour of the appointed time.
Ofpreposition
Denoting identity or equivalence; - used with a name or appellation, and equivalent to the relation of apposition; as, the continent of America; the city of Rome; the Island of Cuba.
Ofpreposition
Denoting the agent, or person by whom, or thing by which, anything is, or is done; by.
Ofpreposition
Denoting relation to place or time; belonging to, or connected with; as, men of Athens; the people of the Middle Ages; in the days of Herod.
Ofpreposition
Denoting passage from one state to another; from.
Ofpreposition
During; in the course of.
Ofpreposition
expressing the relationship between a part and a whole.
Ofpreposition
with the word denoting the part functioning as the head of the phrase
Ofpreposition
after a number, quantifier, or partitive noun, with the word denoting the whole functioning as the head of the phrase
Ofpreposition
expressing the relationship between a scale or measure and a value
Ofpreposition
expressing an age
Ofpreposition
indicating an association between two entities, typically one of belonging, in which the first is the head of the phrase and the second is something associated with it
Ofpreposition
expressing the relationship between an author, artist, or composer and their works collectively
Ofpreposition
expressing the relationship between a direction and a point of reference
Ofpreposition
expressing the relationship between a general category or type and the thing being specified which belongs to such a category
Ofpreposition
following a noun derived from or related to a verb.
Ofpreposition
followed by a noun expressing the subject of the verb underlying the first noun
Ofpreposition
followed by a noun expressing the object of the verb underlying the first noun
Ofpreposition
where the head of the phrase is a predicative adjective
Ofpreposition
indicating the relationship between a verb and an indirect object.
Ofpreposition
with a verb expressing a mental state
Ofpreposition
expressing a cause
Ofpreposition
indicating the material or substance constituting something
Ofpreposition
expressing time in relation to the following hour
Forconjunction
Because, as, since.
Forpreposition
Towards.
Forpreposition
Directed at, intended to belong to.
Forpreposition
In honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of.
Forpreposition
Supporting.
Forpreposition
Because of.
Forpreposition
Over a period of time.
Forpreposition
Throughout an extent of space.
Forpreposition
On behalf of.
Forpreposition
Instead of, or in place of.
Forpreposition
In order to obtain or acquire.
Forpreposition
In the direction of: marks a point one is going toward.
Forpreposition
By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect.
Forpreposition
Despite, in spite of. See: for all
Forpreposition
Used to indicate the subject of a to-infinitive.
Forpreposition
Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio
Forpreposition
(cricket) Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.
Forpreposition
To be, or as being.
Forpreposition
(obsolete) Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.
Forpreposition
Used to construe various verbs (see the entries for individual phrasal verbs).
Forpreposition
In the most general sense, indicating that in consideration of, in view of, or with reference to, which anything is done or takes place.
Forpreposition
Indicating the antecedent cause or occasion of an action; the motive or inducement accompanying and prompting to an act or state; the reason of anything; that on account of which a thing is or is done.
Forpreposition
Indicating the remoter and indirect object of an act; the end or final cause with reference to which anything is, acts, serves, or is done.
Forpreposition
Indicating that in favor of which, or in promoting which, anything is, or is done; hence, in behalf of; in favor of; on the side of; - opposed to against.
Forpreposition
Indicating that toward which the action of anything is directed, or the point toward which motion is made; ntending to go to.
Forpreposition
Indicating that on place of or instead of which anything acts or serves, or that to which a substitute, an equivalent, a compensation, or the like, is offered or made; instead of, or place of.
Forpreposition
Indicating that in the character of or as being which anything is regarded or treated; to be, or as being.
Forpreposition
Indicating that instead of which something else controls in the performing of an action, or that in spite of which anything is done, occurs, or is; hence, equivalent to notwithstanding, in spite of; - generally followed by all, aught, anything, etc.
Forpreposition
Indicating the space or time through which an action or state extends; hence, during; in or through the space or time of.
Forpreposition
Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.
Forconjunction
Because; by reason that; for that; indicating, in Old English, the reason of anything.
Forconjunction
Since; because; introducing a reason of something before advanced, a cause, motive, explanation, justification, or the like, of an action related or a statement made. It is logically nearly equivalent to since, or because, but connects less closely, and is sometimes used as a very general introduction to something suggested by what has gone before.
Fornoun
One who takes, or that which is said on, the affrimative side; that which is said in favor of some one or something; - the antithesis of against, and commonly used in connection with it.
