"therefor" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

IPA: /ðɛəˈfɔː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ðɛəɹˈfɔɹ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-therefor.wav
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ) Etymology: Univerbation of there (“that”) + for Etymology templates: {{univ|en|there|for|gloss1=that}} Univerbation of there (“that”) + for Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} therefor (not comparable)
  1. (now chiefly in law) For that; in return for that. Tags: not-comparable Translations (for that): относно това (otnosno tova) (Bulgarian), dafür (German), därför (Swedish), bunun için (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-therefor-en-adv-0Hee5fc1 Categories (other): Law, English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, English univerbations, Entries with translation boxes, Middle English links with manual fragments, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 88 12 Disambiguation of Middle English links with manual fragments: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˈðɛəfɔː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈðɛəɹfɔɹ/ [General-American]
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)fɔː(ɹ) Etymology: See therefore. Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} therefor (not comparable)
  1. Obsolete spelling of therefore. Tags: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete Alternative form of: therefore
    Sense id: en-therefor-en-adv-rgGsFzAK Related terms: thereabout, whereabout, thereabouts, whereabouts, thereafter, whereafter, thereagainst, whereagainst, thereamong, whereamong, thereamongst, whereamongst, hereanent (alt: anent), thereanent, whereanent, wherearound, whereas, thereat, whereat, therebefore, wherebetween, thereby, whereby, therefore, wherefore, wherefor, therefrom, wherefrom, therehence, thereinafter, whereinafter, thereinbefore, whereinbefore, therein, wherein, whereinsoever (alt: in soever), thereinto, whereinto, thereof, whereof, thereon, whereon, thereout, whereout, wheresomever (alt: somever), theretofore, wheretofore, thereto, whereto, thereunder, whereunder, thereunto, whereunto, thereupon, whereupon, therewithal, wherewithal, therewith, wherewith, , henceafter, henceforth, henceforward, henceforwards, hencefrom, hereabout, hereabouts, hereafter, hereagainst, hereamong, hereamongst, hereanent, hereat, hereby, herefor, herefore, hereforth, hereforward, hereforwards, herefrom, herehence, hereinabove, hereinafter, hereinbefore, hereinbelow, hereinelsewhere, hereinsoever, hereinto, hereinunder, heremid, hereof, hereon, hereout, hereover, herethrough, herethroughout, hereto, heretofore, hereunto, hereupon, herewith, herewithal, herewithin, hitherto, hitherunto, hitherward, hitherwards, howbeit, however, howso, howsoever, howsomedever, howsomever, thenceafter, thenceforth, thenceforward, thenceforwards, thencefrom, thenceout, thereacross, thereagain, therealong, therearound, therebeside, therebetween, therebeyond, therever, thereforth, thereinabove, thereinbelow, thereinunder, theremid, thereover, theresoever, therethrough, therethroughout, thereup, therewithin, therewithout, thitherinsoever, thitherto, thitherward, thitherwards, whatever, whatso, whatsoever, whatsomedever, whatsomever, whenabout, whenabouts, whenas, whenever, whenso, whensoever, whensomever, , whenceafter, whencever, whenceforth, whenceforward, whencefrom, whenceward, whencewards, wherealong, wherebeside, wherebeyond, wherever, whereforth, wherehence, whereinabove, whereinbelow, whereinsoever, whereinunder, wheremid, whereover, whereso, wheresoever, wheresomever, wherethrough, wherethroughout, whereup, wherewithin, wherewithout, whitherever, whitherinsoever, whitherso, whitherto, whithertofore, whitherward, whitherwards, whyever, whyfor, whyso, whysoever Related terms (about): hereabout Related terms (abouts): hereabouts Related terms (after): hereafter Related terms (again): thereagain Related terms (against): hereagainst Related terms (among): hereamong Related terms (amongst): hereamongst Related terms (around): therearound Related terms (as): thereas Related terms (at): hereat Related terms (before): herebefore Related terms (beside): therebeside Related terms (between): therebetween Related terms (by): hereby Related terms (for): herefor Related terms (fore): herefore Related terms (from): herefrom Related terms (hence): herehence Related terms (in): herein Related terms (in after): hereinafter Related terms (in before): hereinbefore Related terms (in which): whereinwhich Related terms (into): hereinto Related terms (of): hereof Related terms (on): hereon Related terms (out): hereout Related terms (to): hereto Related terms (tofore): heretofore Related terms (under): hereunder Related terms (unto): hereunto Related terms (upon): hereupon Related terms (with): herewith Related terms (withal): herewithal
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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          "word": "hereto"
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        {
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          "word": "howso"
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        {
          "word": "thereinbelow"
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        {
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          "sense": "abouts",
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        {
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        {
          "sense": "against",
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        {
          "sense": "at",
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          "sense": "between",
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        {
          "sense": "by",
          "word": "hereby"
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        {
          "sense": "fore",
          "word": "herefore"
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        {
          "sense": "for",
          "word": "herefor"
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        {
          "sense": "from",
          "word": "herefrom"
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        {
          "sense": "hence",
          "word": "herehence"
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        {
          "sense": "in after",
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        {
          "sense": "in before",
          "word": "hereinbefore"
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        {
          "sense": "in",
          "word": "herein"
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        {
          "sense": "into",
          "word": "hereinto"
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        {
          "sense": "in which",
          "word": "whereinwhich"
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        {
          "sense": "of",
          "word": "hereof"
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        {
          "sense": "on",
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      "word": "whitherinsoever"
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}

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