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Ob

[awb, ob; Russ. awp]

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noun

a river in the W Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NW to the Gulf of Ob. 2500 miles (4025 km) long.

Gulf of, an inlet of the Arctic Ocean. about 500 miles (800 km) long.

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Also, ob Medicine/Medical.

obstetrical.

obstetrician.

obstetrics.

off Broadway.

opening of books.

ordered back.

a prefix meaning “toward,” “to,” “on,” “over,” “against,” originally occurring in loanwords from Latin, but now used also, with the sense of “reversely,” “inversely,” to form Neo-Latin and English scientific terms: object; obligate; oblanceolate.

Also, o- oc-, of-, op-.

Origin:
Middle English (< Old French ) < Latin, representing ob (preposition); in some scientific terms, < Neo-Latin, Latin ob-

he died; she died. Origin:
< Latin obiit

incidentally. Origin:
< Latin obiter

oboe.

Meteorology. observation.

opening of books.

ordered back.

Also, O/B

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World English Dictionary

Ob (Russian ɔpj)

—n
	a river in N central Russia, formed at Bisk by the confluence of the Biya and Katun Rivers and flowing generally north to the Gulf of Ob (an inlet of the Arctic Ocean): one of the largest rivers in the world, with a drainage basin of about 2 930 000 sq km (1 131 000 sq miles). Length: 3682 km (2287 miles)

OB

—*abbreviation for*
1.	Old Boy
2.	outside broadcast

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Word Origin & History

ob-

prefix meaning "toward, against, across, down," also used as an intensive, from L. ob "toward, against, in the way of, about, before," from PIE base *opi- (cf. Oscan op, Gk. opi- "behind," Hittite appizzis "younger," Lith. ap- "about, near," Gk. epi "on, upon").

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Medical Dictionary

OB abbr.
obstetrics

Slang Dictionary

ob definition

[ɑb]

mod.
obvious. : It's pretty ob that you are just trying to start something.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms

ob
obvious