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| The preposition "for" may have, in English, several values, as follows:
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| !rowspan=2|Value
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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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| |-
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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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| |-
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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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| |-
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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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| |-
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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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| |-
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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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| |-
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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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| |}
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