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The preposition "for" may have, in English, several values, as follows:
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{|border=1 cellpadding=5
!rowspan=2|Value
!rowspan=2|UNL
!colspan=2|Examples
|-
!English
!UNL
|-
|Aim or purpose
|pur
|trained for the ministry, put the house up for sale
|pur(trained, ministry)
|-
|Destination
|to
|headed off for town
|to(headed off, town)
|-
|Object of a desire, intention or perception
|obj
|eager for success
|obj(eager, success)
|-
|Recipient (direction, addressee) of an action
|gol
|prepared lunch for us
|gol(prepared, us)
|-
|Beneficiary of an action
|ben
|He did it for us
|ben(did, us)
|-
|Duration
|dur
|stood in line for an hour
|dur(stood, hour)
|-
|On behalf of, in favor of, in place of
|man
|spoke for all members
|man(spoke, members.@for)
|-
|Amount, extent
|man
|a bill for five dollars; walked for miles;
|man(bill, dollars.@for)
|-
|As being
|man
|mistook me for the librarian
|man(mistook, librarian.@for)
|}

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