for what reason
1for what reason — why?, how come? …
2For the reason that — For For, prep. [AS. for, fore; akin to OS. for, fora, furi, D. voor, OHG. fora, G. vor, OHG. furi, G. f[ u]r, Icel. fyrir, Sw. f[ o]r, Dan. for, adv. f[ o]r, Goth. fa[ u]r, fa[ u]ra, L. pro, Gr. ?, Skr. pra . [root] 202. Cf. {Fore}, {First},… …
3what ... for? — what … for? For what reason, or with what purpose in mind? (also dialect what for…?) • • • Main Entry: ↑what …
4what … for? — For what reason, or with what purpose in mind? (also dialect what for…?) ● what …
5what for? — ► what for? informal for what reason? Main Entry: ↑what …
6what — /hwut, hwot, wut, wot/; unstressed /hweuht, weuht/, pron. 1. (used interrogatively as a request for specific information): What is the matter? 2. (used interrogatively to inquire about the character, occupation, etc., of a person): What does he… …
7what for? — informal for what reason? * * * what for? idiom for what purpose or reason? • What is this tool for? • What did you do that for (= why did you do that)? • …
8what — /wɒt / (say wot) pronoun (interrogative) 1. (used to ask for the specifying of some impersonal thing): what is your name? what did he do? 2. (used to inquire as to the nature, character, class, origin, etc., of a thing or person): what is that… …
9WHAT — adj., pron., & adv. interrog.adj. 1 asking for a choice from an indefinite number or for a statement of amount, number, or kind (what books have you read?; what news have you?). 2 colloq. = WHICH interrog.adj. (what book have you chosen?). adj.… …
10what — pronoun & determiner 1》 asking for information specifying something. ↘[as pronoun] asking for repetition of something not heard or confirmation of something not understood. 2》 [as pronoun] the thing or things that. 3》 whatever. 4》 used to… …
