O.F
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| —prep | |
| 1. | used with a verbal noun or gerund to link it with a following noun that is either the subject or the object of the verb embedded in the gerund: the breathing of a fine swimmer |
| 2. | used to indicate possession, origin, or association: the house of my sister; to die of hunger |
| 3. | used after words or phrases expressing quantities: a pint of milk |
| 4. | constituted by, containing, or characterized by: a family of idiots; a rod of iron; a man of some depth |
| 5. | used to indicate separation, as in time or space: within a mile of the town; within ten minutes of the beginning of the concert |
| 6. | used to mark apposition: the city of Naples; a speech on the subject of archaeology |
| 7. | about; concerning: speak to me of love |
| 8. | used in passive constructions to indicate the agent: he was beloved of all |
| 9. | informal used to indicate a day or part of a period of time when some activity habitually occurs: I go to the pub of an evening |
| 10. | (US) before the hour of: a quarter of nine |
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O.f
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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| Old French (language) | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
of
O.E. of, unstressed form of æf (prep., adv.) "away, away from," from P.Gmc. *af- (cf. O.N. af, O.Fris. af, of "of," Du. af "off, down," Ger. ab "off, from, down"), from PIE *apo- "off, away" (see apo-). Primary sense in O.E. was still "away," but shifted in M.E. with use
of the word to translate L. de, ex, and especially O.Fr. de, which had come to be the substitute for the genitive case. "Of shares with another word of the same length, as, the evil glory of being accessory to more crimes against grammar than any other." [Fowler]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
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