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Jigneshbharati Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Of/for

Which definition of/for "of" should I choose or use?
Please explain the difference between "of" and "for" on this context.
  

Top answer

There is no significant difference.

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There is no significant difference.
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It's definition of {a word}. "for" is understandable, but mostly it's "of". According to Google Ngrams, "definition for a word" was virtually unknown until 1920, and it's still used only in a small minority of cases.

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You are right. 'For' seemed OK to me when I posted my response, but a subsequent search found no citations in the BNC or COCA. I am clearly in a much smaller minority than I thought.
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Thank you. What is the best clue to differentiate "of" from "for"?
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Do what most people do - use 'of'.
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