of
Meaning
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- Expressing distance or motion.
- (obsolete) Expressing distance or motion.
- Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
- From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
- Expressing separation.
- Expressing separation.
- (obsolete) Expressing separation.
- Expressing origin.
- Expressing origin.
- Expressing origin.
- Expressing origin.
- Expressing origin.
- Expressing agency.
- Expressing agency.
- Expressing agency.
- Expressing composition, substance.
- Expressing composition, substance.
- Expressing composition, substance.
- Expressing composition, substance.
- Expressing composition, substance.
- Introducing subject matter.
- Introducing subject matter.
- Introducing subject matter.
- Having partitive effect.
- Having partitive effect.
- Having partitive effect.
- Having partitive effect.
- Expressing possession.
- Expressing possession.
- Expressing possession.
- Forming the "objective genitive".
- Forming the "objective genitive".
- Expressing qualities or characteristics.
- Expressing qualities or characteristics.
- Expressing qualities or characteristics.
- (informal) Expressing qualities or characteristics.
- Expressing a point in time.
- Expressing a point in time.
- Expressing a point in time.
- Expressing a point in time.
- (informal) Expressing a point in time.
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɒv/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *ab Old English æf Old English of Middle English of English of From Middle English of, from Old English of (“from, out of, off”), an unstressed form of æf, from Proto-West Germanic *ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab (“away; away from”). Doublet of off, which is the stressed descendant of the same Old English word. More at off.
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