of

Prep

• Expressing distance or motion.
• From (a place); off.
• Expressing distance or motion.
• Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
• Expressing distance or motion.
• From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
• Expressing separation.
• Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.
• Expressing separation.
• Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.
• Expressing separation.
• Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.
• Expressing origin.
• Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.
• Expressing origin.
• Introducing an epithet that indicates a birthplace, residence, dominion, or other place associated with the individual.
• Expressing origin.
• Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation; from, out of, as an expression of.
• Expressing origin.
• Indicates the source or cause of the verb.
• Expressing origin.
• Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.
• Expressing agency.
• Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).
• Expressing agency.
• Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase (see also 'Possession' senses below).
• Expressing agency.
• Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.
• Expressing composition, substance.
• Used to indicate the material or substance used.
• Expressing composition, substance.
• Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.
• Expressing composition, substance.
• Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.
• Expressing composition, substance.
• Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.
• Expressing composition, substance.
• Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second; "which is also".
• Introducing subject matter.
• Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-matter; concerning, with regard to.
• Introducing subject matter.
• Introduces its subject matter; about, concerning.
• Introducing subject matter.
• Introduces its subject matter.
• Having partitive effect.
• Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment; "from among".
• Having partitive effect.
• Indicates a given part.
• Having partitive effect.
• Some, an amount of, one of.
• Having partitive effect.
• Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below; see also double possessive).
• Expressing possession.
• Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.
• Expressing possession.
• Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
• Expressing possession.
• Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this intersects with the subjective genitive, above under "agency" senses.)
• Forming the "objective genitive".
• Forming the "objective genitive".
• Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.
• Expressing qualities or characteristics.
• Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier; in respect to, as regards.
• Expressing qualities or characteristics.
• Indicates a quality or characteristic; "characterized by".
• Expressing qualities or characteristics.
• Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.
• Expressing qualities or characteristics.
• Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives modified by certain common adverbs of degree.
• Expressing a point in time.
• During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
• Expressing a point in time.
• For (a given length of time).
• Expressing a point in time.
• Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.
• Expressing a point in time.
• Before (the hour); to (the hour).
• Expressing a point in time.
• Before (the hour); to (the hour).
• Often used without the hour

Verb

• Eye dialect spelling of have and ’ve, chiefly in depictions of colloquial speech.

Symbol

• Abbreviation of off or often.

Examples

• "A young man of 20 has been paying interest at an exorbitant rate of 10%."
• "After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off."
• "Anselm of Aosta (after birthplace)"
• "Anselm of Bec (after monastery)"
• "Anselm of Canterbury (after diocese)"
• "Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband."
• "He hasn't been well of late."
• "He is a friend of mine."
• "He seemed devoid of human feelings."
• "He told us the story of his journey to India."
• "He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century."
• "I am not particularly enamoured of this idea."
• "I am tired of all this nonsense."
• "I'll be ready by five of noon."
• "I'll have a dozen of those apples, please."
• "I'm always thinking of you."
• "I'm not driving this wreck of a car."
• "It is said that she died of a broken heart."
• "It was very brave of you to speak out like that."
• "It's not that big of a deal."
• "I’ll be ready at ten of"
• "I’ll be ready at ten of two"
• "I’ve not taken her out of a goodly long while."
• "Jesus of Nazareth (after hometown)"
• "Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames."
• "Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic."
• "Most of these apples are rotten."
• "Mrs Miggins of Gasworks Road, Mudchester (after place of residence)"
• "My companion seemed affable and easy of manner."
• "Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river."
• "On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort."
• "Pedro II of Brazil (after dominion)"
• "Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain."
• "She had a profound distrust of the police."
• "She wore a dress of silk."
• "Take the chicken out of the freezer."
• "The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties."
• "The invention was born of necessity."
• "The owner of the nightclub was arrested."
• "The word is believed to be of Japanese origin."
• "There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage."
• "This behaviour is typical of teenagers."
• "We want a larger slice of the cake."
• "Welcome to the historic town of Harwich."
• "What a lot of nonsense!"
• "What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three."

Related Words

-'s, bill of goods, by dint of, by way of, come of, in excess of, in respect of, in terms of, of a kind, of a piece, of a sudden, of age, of all, of all people, of an, of biblical proportions, of blessed memory, of choice, of color, of colour, of course, of even date, of importance, of late, of means, of note, of one's own accord, of record, of sorts, of that ilk, of the essence, of the first water, of the like, of the world, of two minds, out of, point of view, quarter of, sort of, thereof, time of day, tired of, way of life