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Joseph A Posted 4 years ago
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For Or Of

Hello everyone,

Is either "of" or "for" correct in the following sentence?

This dictionary doesn't have a definition of/for "patent".

Regards,

Joseph

  

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Joseph A Is either "of" or "for" correct in the following sentence? Yes, but I would use "for", treating "definition" in this context as a near synonym of "entry".

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  • Joseph A Is either "of" or "for" correct in the following sentence?
  • Yes, but I would use "for", treating "definition" in this context as a near synonym of "entry".
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Joseph AIs either "of" or "for" correct in the following sentence?

Yes, but I would use "for", treating "definition" in this context as a near synonym of "entry".

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