OF
\ˈɒv], \ˈɒv], \ˈɒ_v]\
Definitions of OF
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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Denoting possession or ownership, or the relation of subject to attribute; as, the apartment of the consul: the power of the king; a man of courage; the gate of heaven.
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Denoting part of an aggregate or whole; belonging to a number or quantity mentioned; out of; from amongst; as, of this little he had some to spare; some of the mines were unproductive; most of the company.
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Denoting that by which a person or thing is actuated or impelled; also, the source of a purpose or action; as, they went of their own will; no body can move of itself; he did it of necessity.
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Denoting reference to a thing; about; concerning; relating to; as, to boast of one's achievements.
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Denoting nearness or distance, either in space or time; from; as, within a league of the town; within an hour of the appointed time.
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Denoting the agent, or person by whom, or thing by which, anything is, or is done; by.
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Denoting relation to place or time; belonging to, or connected with; as, men of Athens; the people of the Middle Ages; in the days of Herod.
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Denoting passage from one state to another; from.
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During; in the course of.
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In a general sense, from, or out from; proceeding from; belonging to; relating to; concerning; - used in a variety of applications; as:
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Denoting identity or equivalence; - used with a name or appellation, and equivalent to the relation of apposition; as, the continent of America; the city of Rome; the Island of Cuba.
By Oddity Software
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Denoting possession or ownership, or the relation of subject to attribute; as, the apartment of the consul: the power of the king; a man of courage; the gate of heaven.
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Denoting part of an aggregate or whole; belonging to a number or quantity mentioned; out of; from amongst; as, of this little he had some to spare; some of the mines were unproductive; most of the company.
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Denoting that by which a person or thing is actuated or impelled; also, the source of a purpose or action; as, they went of their own will; no body can move of itself; he did it of necessity.
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Denoting reference to a thing; about; concerning; relating to; as, to boast of one's achievements.
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Denoting nearness or distance, either in space or time; from; as, within a league of the town; within an hour of the appointed time.
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Denoting the agent, or person by whom, or thing by which, anything is, or is done; by.
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Denoting relation to place or time; belonging to, or connected with; as, men of Athens; the people of the Middle Ages; in the days of Herod.
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Denoting passage from one state to another; from.
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During; in the course of.
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In a general sense, from, or out from; proceeding from; belonging to; relating to; concerning; - used in a variety of applications; as:
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Denoting identity or equivalence; - used with a name or appellation, and equivalent to the relation of apposition; as, the continent of America; the city of Rome; the Island of Cuba.
By Noah Webster.
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From; as, to cure of a fever; rid of a nuisance; out of; as, he did it of necessity; about; concerning; as, talk of success; in; as, quick of speech; belonging to or connected with; as, the palace of the king; proceeding from; by; as, the plays of Shakespeare; showing kind, material, quality, measure, etc., as, a glass of milk; a woman of brains; a weight of ten pounds, etc.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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From or out from: belonging to: out of: among: proceeding from, so in the Litany and Nicene Creed: owing to: concerning: (B. and Pr. Bk.) sometimes-by, from, on, or over.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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