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A Writer's Dictionary:

OF Definition


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OF
abbreviation
    1. Old French.



of
prep
    1. Used to show origin, cause or authorship.
      Example: people of Glasgow
      Example: die of hunger
      Example: poems of Keats
    2. Belonging to or connected with something or someone.
    3. Used to specify a component, ingredient or characteristic, etc.
      Example: built of bricks
      Example: an area of marsh
      Example: a heart of gold
    4. At a given distance or amount of time from something.
      Example: within a minute of arriving
    5. About; concerning.
      Example: tales of Rome
      Example: think of the children
    6. Belonging to or forming a part of something.
      Example: most of the story
    7. Existing or happening, etc, at, on, in or during something.
      Example: battle of Hastings
      Example: He works of a night
    8. Used with words denoting loss, removal or separation, etc.
      Example: cheated of the money
      Example: cured of cancer
    9. Used to show the connection between a verbal noun and the person or thing that is performing, or that is the object of, the action stated.
      Example: the eating of healthy food
    (N Amer, especially US)
    10. In giving the time: to; before a stated hour.
      Example: a quarter of one
    11. Aged.
      Example: a boy of twelve
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon.



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