For vs Fore - What's the difference?
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Because.
* 1900 , , (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) , Chapter 23
Towards.
Directed at, intended to belong to.
Supporting (opposite of against ).
Because of.
* Shakespeare
Over a period of time.
* Garth
Throughout an extent of space.
* Shakespeare
On behalf of.
Instead of, or in place of.
* Bible, Exodus xxi. 23, 24
In order to obtain or acquire.
* Denham
In the direction of:
* Francis Bacon
By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect.
Despite, in spite of.
* 1892 August 6, , "The Unbidden Guest", in All the Year Round ,
* 1968 , J. J. Scarisbrick, Henry VIII (page 240)
(chiefly, US) Out of;
(cricket) (used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen)
Indicating that in the character of or as being which anything is regarded or treated; to be, or as being.
* Cowley
* John Locke
* Dryden
* Philips
See the entry for the phrasal verb.
(obsolete) Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
(obsolete) Former; occurring earlier (in some order); previous.
Forward; situated towards the front (of something).
* 1969 , Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor , Penguin 2011, p. 23:
(golf) An exclamation yelled to inform players a ball is moving in their direction.
The front; the forward part of something; the foreground.
* 2002 , Mark Bevir, The Logic of the History of Ideas :
In the part that precedes or goes first; opposed to aft, after, back, behind, etc.
(obsolete) Formerly; previously; afore.
* Shakespeare
(nautical) In or towards the bows of a ship.
(fare)
In obsolete terms the difference between for and fore
is that for is indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done while fore is formerly; previously; afore.As a conjunction for
is because.As a preposition for
is towards.As an initialism FOR
is field Of Research.As an adjective fore is
former; occurring earlier (in some order); previous.As an interjection fore is
an exclamation yelled to inform players a ball is moving in their direction.As a noun fore is
the front; the forward part of something; the foreground.As an adverb fore is
in the part that precedes or goes first; opposed to aft, after, back, behind, etc.As a verb fore is
simple past of fare.As a proper noun Fore is
a people of Papua New Guinea.for
English
(wikipedia for)Conjunction
(English Conjunctions)- "By means of the Golden Cap I shall command the Winged Monkeys to carry you to the gates of the Emerald City," said Glinda, "for it would be a shame to deprive the people of so wonderful a ruler."
Preposition
(English prepositions)- The astronauts headed for the moon.
- I have something for you.
- All those for the motion raise your hands.
- He wouldn't apologize; and just for that, she refused to help him.
- (UK usage) He looks better for having lost weight.
- She was the worse for drink.
- with fiery eyes sparkling for very wrath
- They fought for days over a silly pencil.
- To guide the sun's bright chariot for a day.
- For many miles about / There's scarce a bush.
- I will stand in for him.
- And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for' life, eye '''for''' eye, tooth '''for''' tooth, hand '''for''' hand, foot ' for foot.
- I am aiming for completion by the end of business Thursday.
- He's going for his doctorate.
- Do you want to go for coffee?
- People all over Greece looked to Delphi for answers.
- Can you go to the store for some eggs?
- I'm saving up for a car.
- Don't wait for an answer.
- What did he ask you for ?
- He writes not for' money, nor ' for praise.
- Run for the hills!
- He was headed for the door when he remembered.
- We sailed from Peru for China and Japan.
- Fair for its day.
- She's spry for an old lady.
][http://books.google.com/books?id=XNwRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA133&dq=%22but+for%22 page 133,
- Mr. Joseph Blenkinshaw was perhaps not worth quite so much as was reported; but for all that he was a very wealthy man
- For all his faults, there had been something lofty and great about him - as a judge, as a patron of education, as a builder, as an international figure.
- For that to happen now is incredibly unlikely.'' (=''It is incredibly unlikely that that will happen now. )
- All I want is for you to be happy.'' (=''All I want is that you be happy. )
- We take a falling meteor for a star.
- If a man can be fully assured of anything for' a truth, without having examined, what is there that he may not embrace ' for true?
- Most of our ingenious young men take up some cry'd-up English poet for their model.
- But let her go for an ungrateful woman.
- We'll have a bib, for spoiling of thy doublet.
Antonyms
* againstDerived terms
* for good * for good and all * for good measure * for it * for kicks * for real * for the record * once and for allStatistics
*References
* Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "Spatial particles of orientation", in The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition , Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-81430 8fore
English
Etymology 1
A development of the prefix .Adjective
- the fore part of the day
- the fore end of a wagon
- Crystal vases with crimson roses and golden-brown asters were set here and there in the fore part of the shop [...].
Antonyms
* (order) latter * (location) aftInterjection
(en interjection)Noun
(-)- The fore was painted white.
- People face a dilemma whenever they bring to the fore an understanding that appears inadequate in the light of the other beliefs they bring to bear on it.
Adverb
(-)- The eyes, fore duteous, now converted are.