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Bookmark or Share- of preposition - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes ...belonging to somebody; relating to somebody. a friend of mine. the love of a mother for her child. the role of the teacher. Can't you throw out that old bike of Tommy's? the paintings of Monet. When you are talking about everything someone has painted, written, etc., use of.
- OF definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary1. preposition [n PREP n] You use of to combine two nouns when the first noun identifies the feature of the second noun that you want to talk about. The average age of the women interviewed was only 21.5. ...the population of this town. 2. preposition [n PREP n/-ing]
- OF | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionarypreposition. us weak / əv / us strong / ɑːv / uk weak / əv / uk strong / ɒv / of preposition (POSSESSION) Add to word list. A1. used to show possession, belonging, or origin: a friend of mine. the president of the United States. employees of the company. the color of his hair. a habit of mine. that revolting dog of hers. the love of a good woman.
- Of Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster1. used as a function word to indicate a point of reckoning. north of the lake. 2. a. used as a function word to indicate origin or derivation. a man of noble birth. b. used as a function word to indicate the cause, motive, or reason. died of flu. c. : by. plays of Shakespeare. d. : on the part of. very kind of you. e.
- of - Wiktionary, the free dictionaryExpressing distance or motion. (now obsolete or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off". [from 9th c.] 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter X, in Le Morte Darthur, book XIII: Sir said Galahad by this shelde ben many merueils fallen / Sir sayd the knyght hit befelle after the passion of our lord Ihesu Crist xxxij yere that Ioseph of Armathye the ...
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