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FOR-

Definition: FOR-

FOR-

1. A prefix to verbs, having usually the force of a negative or privative. It often implies also loss, detriment, or destruction, and sometimes it is intensive, meaning utterly, quite thoroughly, as in forbathe.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Specialty Definitions: FOR-

DomainDefinitions

Computing

For for loop. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: FOR-

Synonyms by domain: 1 roentgen per second (meteorology & standards), atmospheric particulate (environment), c/s (meteorology & standardsnuclear energy & physics), containment and surveillance, cycles per second (meteorology & standards), Federal Office for Refugees (public administration, law), Federal Office of Road Safety (transportation), focal reducer low-dispersion spectrograph (geography), Force Preparedness Branch (european union, military & defense), free in wagon (finance), free on rail (transportationfinance), free on railway carriage (transportation), free on road (business), free on waggon (transportation), Fuel Oil Return (chemical industry, engineering & technology), N S (chemistry, chemical industry), n.s (medicine), nitrate of soda (chemistry, chemical industry), non statistically significant (medicine), P+S (public administration, post & telecom), particulate matter in the atmosphere (environment), Personnel and Staff Division (public administration, post & telecom), R-s (meteorology & standards), s (public administrationenvironment), s/b (chemical industry, meteorology & standards), S/H (computing, meteorology & standards), S/S (transportation), sample and hold (computing, meteorology & standards), sample/hold, sample-and-hold service, soda niter (chemistry, chemical industry), sodium nitrate, steam ship (transportation), steamer, styrene/butadiene plastic (chemical industry, meteorology & standards), track and hold unit (computing, meteorology & standards), track and store unit.

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Crosswords: FOR-

English words defined with "FOR-": A forlorn hope. (references)
Etymologies containing "FOR-": Forefend, Forfend, Forfered, Forhall, Forlay, Forleave, Forsay, Forshape, Forslack, Forslouthe, Forspeak, Forspent, Forstraught, Forswonk, Forwaste. (references)
Non-English Usage: "FOR-" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Norwegian (fore), Scottish (super-).

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Ancestral Language Translations: FOR-

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

RM:Uffizi federal per fugitivs. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: FOR-

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: for, fro.

Words within the letters "f-o-r"

-1 letter: of, or.

 Words containing the letters "f-o-r"
 

+1 letter: corf, faro, fora, forb, ford, fore, fork, form, fort, four, froe, frog, from, frow, prof, rolf, roof.

 

+2 letters: afore, croft, faros, favor, fetor, fiord, fjord, floor, flora, flour, fluor, foram, foray, forbs, forby, force, fordo, fords, fores, forge, forgo, forks, forky, forme, forms, forte, forth, forts, forty, forum, fours, foyer, frock, froes, frogs, frond, frons, front, frore, frosh, frost, froth, frown, frows, froze, furor, gofer, offer, ofter, profs, proof, rolfs, roofs, sofar.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: FOR-


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

46 4F 52 2D

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01001111 01010010 00101101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#79 &#82 &#45

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 004F 0052 002D

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

40495215

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Ancient
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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