“Therefor” or “Therefore”—Which to use?

“Therefor” or “Therefore”

Overview

therefor / therefore are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term. 👇

Definitions

therefor: (adverb) (in formal usage, especially legal usage) for that or for it.

therefore: (adverb) (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result.

Pronunciation

therefor: NA

therefore: dh·EH·r·f·AO·r

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Examples in Context

Examples of “therefor”

…President and payment made accordingly therefor.
…United States shall be reimbursed therefor.
…the military and deployed and therefor unable to attend before his…

Examples of “therefore”

…with ergative-absolutive case assignment and therefore has three argument types: absolutive,…
Matrix Churchill's directors were therefore prosecuted in 1991 by Customs…
Relatively expensive to manufacture, and therefore increases new vehicle purchase price;
Therefore, it was easy for King…
He would therefore be acceptable to the numerous…
…before it can power itself, therefore eliminating the hand crank used…
…Absolutive argument is obligatory and therefore occurs in all clause types.
…with the British government and therefore no longer qualify for this…
…between the two plates and therefore changing the capacitance.
…was a single competition, and therefore one champion.

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