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(New page: The preposition "for" may have, in English, several values, as follows: {|border=1 cellpadding=5 !rowspan=2|Value !rowspan=2|UNL !colspan=2|Examples |- !English !UNL |- |Aim or purpose |p...)
 
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The preposition "for" may have, in English, several values, as follows:
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!rowspan=2|UNL
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!colspan=2|Examples
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!English
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!UNL
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|Aim or purpose
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|pur
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|trained for the ministry, put the house up for sale
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|pur(trained, ministry)
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|Destination
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|to
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|headed off for town
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|to(headed off, town)
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|-
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|Object of a desire, intention or perception
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|obj
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|eager for success
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|obj(eager, success)
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|-
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|Recipient (direction, addressee) of an action
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|gol
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|prepared lunch for us
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|gol(prepared, us)
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|Beneficiary of an action
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|ben
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|He did it for us
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|ben(did, us)
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|Duration
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|dur
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|stood in line for an hour
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|dur(stood, hour)
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|On behalf of, in favor of, in place of
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|man
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|spoke for all members
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|man(spoke, members.@for)
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|-
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|Amount, extent
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|man
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|a bill for five dollars; walked for miles;
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|man(bill, dollars.@for)
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|As being
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|man
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|mistook me for the librarian
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|man(mistook, librarian.@for)
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