For vs Suppose - 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
To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.
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* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
* (Bible), 2 (w) xiii. 32
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To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature.
* 1752 , (Charlotte Lennox), (The Female Quixote)
To put by fraud in the place of another.
As a conjunction for
is because.As a preposition for
is towards.As an initialism FOR
is field Of Research.As a verb suppose is
to take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.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.
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- 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 8suppose
English
Verb
(suppos)citation, passage=‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough! […] What about the kid's clothes? I don't suppose they were anything to write home about, but didn't you keep anything? A bootee or a bit of embroidery or anything at all?’}}
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner. […] When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose .}}
David Cox
Celebrity rules even Hawking's universe, passage=Just what is supposed to be wrong with the pursuit of fame is not always made clear. Plato disapproved of competition for praise on the grounds that it would tempt the great to bend to the will of the crowd. It is hard to argue with that, and social degradation remains a fear.}}
- How easy is a bush supposed a bear!
- Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men, the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead.
- As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish,I do not suppose that it matters much in reality whether laws are made by dukes or cornerboys, but I like, as far as possible, to associate with gentlemen in private life.
- Purpose supposes foresight.
- One falsehood always supposes another, and renders all you can say suspected.