THEREFOR Definition & Meaning

therefor

[ thair-fawr ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

for or in exchange for that or this; for it:
a refund therefor.

therefor

/ ˌðɛəˈ��ɔː /

adverb

archaic.
for this, that, or it
he will be richer therefor

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of therefor¹

First recorded in 1125–75, therefor is from the Middle English word therfor. See there, for

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“The current moment feels especially turbulent and therefor agonizing,” she said.

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Republican Rep. Mike Lynch, the Colorado House minority leader, said he hadn’t seen a draft of the bill and therefor declined to comment.

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“I don’t know that we’ve always executed as well as we would like and so, therefor, we haven’t probably gotten as good as results as we would like, but there’s no quit in this team.”

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Senior Judge Walter Kurtz wrote that federal courts had previously determined Byron Black was not intellectually disabled and therefor was ineligible to have the decision considered once again.

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The fact the drug was exorbitantly expensive and therefor inaccessible to many Americans was not a factor of consideration.

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