| OF abbr. 1. outfield 2. outfielder |
of ( v,  v;  v when unstressed)prep. 1. Derived or coming from; originating at or from: customs of the South. 2. Caused by; resulting from: a death of tuberculosis. 3. Away from; at a distance from: a mile east of here. 4. So as to be separated or relieved from: robbed of one's dignity; cured of distemper. 5. From the total or group comprising: give of one's time; two of my friends; most of the cases. 6. Composed or made from: a dress of silk. 7. Associated with or adhering to: people of your religion. 8. Belonging or connected to: the rungs of a ladder. 9. a. Possessing; having: a person of honor. b. On one's part: very nice of you. 10. Containing or carrying: a basket of groceries. 11. Specified as; named or called: a depth of ten feet; the Garden of Eden. 12. Centering on; directed toward: a love of horses. 13. Produced by; issuing from: products of the vine. 14. Characterized or identified by: a year of famine. 15. a. With reference to; about: think highly of her proposals; will speak of it later. b. In respect to: slow of speech. 16. Set aside for; taken up by: a day of rest. 17. Before; until: five minutes of two. 18. During or on a specified time: of recent years. 19. By: beloved of the family. 20. Used to indicate an appositive: that idiot of a driver. 21. Archaic On: "A plague of all cowards, I say" (Shakespeare). [Middle English, from Old English; see apo- in Indo-European roots.] Usage Note: Grammarians have sometimes objected to the so-called double genitive construction, as in a friend of my father's; a book of mine. But the construction has been used in English since the 14th century and serves a useful purpose. It can help sort out ambiguous phrases like Bob's photograph, which could refer either to a photograph of Bob (that is, revealing Bob's image) or to one in Bob's possession. A photograph of Bob's can only be a photo that Bob has in his possession, which may or may not show Bob's image. Moreover, in some sentences the double genitive offers the only way to express what is meant. There is no substitute for it in a sentence such as That's the only friend of yours that I've ever met, since sentences such as That's your only friend that I've ever met and That's your only friend, whom I've ever met are awkward or inaccurate. Our Living Language Some speakers of vernacular English varieties, particularly in isolated or mountainous regions of the southern United States, use phrases such as of a night or of an evening in place of Standard English at night or in the evening, as in We'd go hunting of an evening. This of construction is used only when referring to a repeated action  where Standard English uses nights, evenings, and the like, as in We'd go hunting nights. It is not used for single actions, as in She returned at night. · Interestingly, these of and -s constructions are related. This -s construction, which dates back to the Old English period (c. 449-1100), does not signify a plurality but is similar to the so-called genitive suffix -s, which often indicates possession, as in the king's throne. Just as this example can also be phrased as the throne of the king, nights can be reformulated as of a night. This reformulation has been possible since the Middle English period (c. 1100-1500). Sometimes the original -s ending remains in the of construction, as in We'd walk to the store of evenings, but usually it is omitted. Using of with adverbial time phrases has not always been confined to vernacular speech, as is evidenced by its occurrence in sources from the Wycliffite Bible (1382) to Theodore Dreiser's 1911 novel Jennie Gerhardt: "There was a place out in one corner of the veranda where he liked to sit of a spring or summer evening." · Using such of constructions reflects a long-standing tendency for English speakers to eliminate the case endings that were once attached to nouns to indicate their role as subject, object, or possessor. Nowadays, word order and the use of prepositional phrases usually determine a noun or noun phrase's role. Despite the trend to replace genitive -s with of phrases, marking adverbial phrases of time with of is fading out of American vernacular usage, probably because one can form these phrases without -s, as in at night. See Note at Smith Island. |
of
prep
1. belonging to; situated in or coming from; because of: the inhabitants of former East Germany, I saw five people die of chronic hepatitis
2. used after words or phrases expressing quantities: a pint of milk
3. specifying an amount or value: we had to release the bombs at a height of 400 metres
4. made up of, containing, or characterized by: a length of rope, she is a woman of enviable beauty
5. used to link a verbal noun with a following noun or noun phrase that is either the subject or the object of the verb: the sudden slipping of the plates of the Earth's crust, the bombing of civilian targets
6. at a given distance or space of time from: you can still find wood within a mile of the village, he had been within hours of leaving for Romania
7. used to specify or give more information about: the city of Glasgow, a meeting on the subject of regional security
8. about or concerning: speaking of boycotts
9. US before the hour of: about quarter of eight in the evening [Old English]
USAGE: See at off.
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of
preposition about, on, concerning, regarding, with respect to, as regards
USAGE Of is sometimes used instead of have in phrases such as should have, could have, and might have. This is because, when people are speaking, they often drop the h at the beginning of have, making the word's pronunciation very similar to that of of. Using of in this way is, however, regarded as nonstandard, and in writing it should definitely be avoided.
Translations
of [ɔv, əv] prep 1. (gen) → de;
2. (expressing quantity, amount, dates etc) → de;
there were three of them → había tres;
the 5th of July → el 5 de julio;
3. (= from, out of) → de;
made of wood → (hecho) de madera
of [ɔv, əv] prep 1. (gen) → de;
a friend of ours → un de nos amis;
a boy of 10 → un garçon de 10 ans;
2. (expressing quantity, amount, dates etc) → de;
(objects) → il y en avait 3;
the 5th of July → le 5 juillet;
3. (= from, out of) → en, de;
made of wood → (fait) en bois
of [ɔv] prep 1. von;
the history of Germany → die Geschichte Deutschlands;
2. (expressing quantity, amount, dates etc);
(objects) → 3 davon;
3. (= from, out of) → aus;
of [ɔv, əv] prep 1. (gen) → di;
2. (expressing quantity, amount, dates etc) → di;
how much of this do you need? → quanto gliene serve?;
there were four of them (people) → erano in quattro;
(objects) → ce n'erano quattro;
the 5th of July → il 5 luglio;
3. (= from, out of) → di, in;
made of wood → (fatto) di or in legno
prep of [əv]
1 belonging to a friend of mine. van خاصَّة، يَخُص، لِ на (patřící k) af von που ανήκει σε (για κτήση) de (omastav kääne) علامت کسره jonkun de שֶׁל का nečiji, koji nekome pripada (a birtokviszony kifejezője:) (az én) barátom milik af, meðal di ～の ...의 (norāda piederību) (not translated) van av de al, a указывает на владельца чего-л. patriaci k od od till ของ (Not: bir kimse veya nesneye ait) ...-in/ın ...的 вказує на належність کا، سے منسوب của ...的
2 away from (a place etc); after (a given time) within five miles of London; within a year of his death. binne بَعيد عَن، مِن، خِلال от od efter; fra von που απέχει από (για τόπο ή για χρόνο) de -st بعد از؛ پس از de מ- के अंदर od vmin belül dari frá, af da ～から ...에서(떨어져) nuo, po no; pirms dari na, van fra, etter od de de (la) от od iz; od od från จาก ...-den uzak (表示空間或時間的距離) від, після دور، پرے cách （表示空间或时间的距离）
3 written etc by the plays of Shakespeare. van, deur بِقَلَم на od af von γραμμένος από de (omastav kääne) علامت کسره jonkun de שֶׁל द्वारा लिखित nečiji, autora -tól, -től, vkinek a ...(j)a, ...(j)e karya eftir, gerður/ritaður af di ～作の ...에 의한 (norāda autorību) hasil karya van av autorstwa ... de al, a обозначает создателя чего-л. od napisana od strane genitivkonstruktion, utan direkt motsv. i sv.: Shakespeares โดย ... tarafından (yazılan/yapılan v.s.); ...-in/-ın (yazdığı/yaptığı v.s. bir şey) 由...所寫 вказує на авторство کا لکھا ہوا bởi 由...所写
4 belonging to or forming a group He is one of my friends. van تابِع لِ от z af von που ανήκει σε (ως μέρος ενός συνόλου) de -st از de מ- किसी समूह का od (része vminek, vkihez tartozás: egyik barátom) dari af, meðal di ～の中の ...중의 iš (norāda piederību, izcelsmi) (not translated) van av z de din, dintre из z od od av ของ (Not: bir topluluğu ait) ...-in/ın 屬於...的 вказує на належність до групи متعلق trong đám 属于...的
5 showing a picture of my father. van يُظْهِر на (zobrazující) af von που δείχνει, εικονίζει de (omastav kääne) از؛ علامت کسره jonkun de שֶׁל प्रदर्शन koji prikazuje apám képe, kép apámról tentang af di ～の ...출신의, ...에서 온 (norāda izcelsmi) (not translated) van av de al, a указывает на лицо, изображённое на чем-л. (zobrazujúci) koji prikazuje av, på ของ (Not: gösteren) ...-in/ın 關於...的 вказує на належність کا của 关于...的
6 made from; consisting of a dress of silk; a collection of pictures. van معْمول مِن от (vytvořený) z af aus που αποτελείται από, φτιαγμένος από de (liitsõna: siidkleit, pildikogu) از؛ حاوی tehty jostakin en, de מ- का od vmiből való, álló (selyemruha, képgyűjtemény) dari úr di, in ～製の ...으로 만든[] iš no (norāda materiālu) (not translated) van av z de din, de из (vyrobený, vytvorený) z iz od av, el. oöversatt: en samling bilder จาก ...-den/dan oluşan/yapılmış (表示...種類的) вказує на матеріал, вміст سے بنا ہوا، پر مشتمل bao gồm （表示...种类的）
7 used to show an amount, measurement of something a gallon of petrol; five bags of coal. met من: تُظْهِر الكمِّيَّه أو المِقْياس използва се да обозначи някакво количество от цаялото (množství, míra) af mit από (για να δείξει ποσότητα ή περιεχόμενο) de (osastav kääne) علامت کسره؛ حاوی verran de שֶׁל कोई माप दिखाने के लिए उपयोग होता है količina nečega (mennyiség, mérték kifejezése:) öt zsák szén stb. berisi af di ～の ...이라는 (norāda daudzuma un satura attiecību) (not translated) met med, à de de указывает на содержимое чего-л. (vyjadruje množstvo, mieru) za genitiv med, el. oöversatt: fyra liter bensin ของ ...-lik/-lık (表示...的數量) вказує на вміст کسي چيز کي مقدار کو بتلانے کے ليے gồm （表示...的数量）
8 about an account of his work. van عَن за o over von για, όσον αφορά de (omastav kääne) از؛ درباره ی de שֶׁל बारे में o -ról, -ről tentang um di ～について ...에 관한 (atbilst ģenitīva locījumam latv. val.) tentang van om de despre о o o o av เกี่ยวกับ (hakkında) ...-en/an 關於... вказує на об'єкт дії کے بارے ميں về 关于...
9 containing a box of chocolates. met من: تَحْتَوي с (obsah) med mit με, που περιέχει de (omastav kääne) حاوی sisältävä de שֶׁל परिमान sadržaj nečega (vminek a tartalma: egy doboz csokoládé) berisi af, með di ～の入った ...의 성질을 지닌 verčiama kilmininku (norāda daudzuma un satura attiecības) (not translated) met med, av de cu с (vyjadruje obsah) s, z koji sadrži med, el. oöversatt: en ask choklad, en chokladask ที่มี (içer)en, (bulundur)an (表示具有某種內容) вказує на вміст پر مشتمل chứa （表示具有某种内容）
10 used to show a cause She died of hunger. van, weens, as gevolg van من: بِسَبَب от (příčina) af an λόγω, από (για να δηλώσει το αίτιο) de kätte, -st به علت johonkin de מ- कोई कारण बताने के लिए उपयोग होता है uzrok nečega -tól, -től; -ban, -ben; (éhen hal) karena úr di ～で ?원인·이유를 나타내어? ...때문에 nuo, iš no, aiz (norāda cēloni, iemeslu) kerana van av, fra z, od de de от (vyjadruje príčinu) zaradi od av ด้วย (sebep)ten, (yüzün)den (表示原因) вказує на причину سبب کو بتانے کے ليے vì （表示原因）
11 used to show a loss or removal She was robbed of her jewels. van من: تُظْهِر الخَسارَه показва липса o for Genitiv από (για να δηλώσει απώλεια ή απομάκρυνση) de paljaks علامت کسره de מ- क्षति या हटाए जाने का प्रदर्शन करने के लिए प्रयोग होता है gubitak nečega -tól, -től; (elrabolták ékszereit) 1 af di ～から ?분리·제거를 나타내어? ...으로부터 (norāda atņemšanas, laupīšanas priekšmetu) (not translated) van fra-, av z de de указывает на утерянный объект o za genitiv på โดย Not: kayıp gösterir. (表示失去...的) вказує на об'єкт дії نقصان يا حرمان کو بتلانے کےليے mất mát （表示失去...的）
12 used to show the connection between an action and its object the smoking of a cigarette. van لِ: تُظْهِر العُلاقَه بين الفِعْل والمَفْعول на (předmět, činnost) af Genitiv του, της, των (για να δηλώσει τη σχέση μεταξύ ενέργειας και αντικειμένου) de (väljendab tegevusalist) در نشان دادن عمل نسبت به چیزی یا کسی بکار می رود de שֶׁל कोई कार्य और उसके वस्तु के बीच संबंध दिखाने के लिए प्रयोग होता है veza djelovanja i predmeta (cselekvés tárgya:) egy cigaretta elszívása dari á, af di ～を ?목적 관계를 나타내어? ...을 (norāda saikni starp darbību un tās objektu) (not translated) van av de указывает на существительное, связанное с определённым действием (vyjadruje príčinu) za genitiv av ด้วย Not: iş ile nesne arasındaki ilişkiyi gösterir. 表示動作的主體 вказує на об'єкт дії کسي شئ اور عمل کے درميان ربط کو بتلانے کے ليے về 表示动作的主体
13 used to show character, qualities etc a man of courage. met ذو: تُظْهِر الشَّخْصِيَّه والصِّفات на (vlastnost) af mit που διαθέτει (για ιδιότητες ή χαρακτηριστικά) de (omadust väljendava nimisõna ees) نشان دهنده ویژگی؛ علامت کسره de בַּעַל चरित्र, िुण इत्यादि के प्रदर्शन के लिए होता है osobina nečega, nekoga (minőség kifejezője: bátor ember) bersifat með, af di ～のある ...(분) 전 (norāda īpašību) yang van med, av pełen ..., z ... de de указывает на качество, свойство (vyjadruje vlastnosť) od med, en modig man แห่ง ...-li/lı, ... olan (表示某性質) вказує на якість, властивість کردار، صفات کو بتلانے کے ليے tính cách （表示某性质）
14 (American) (of time) a certain number of minutes before (the hour) It's ten minutes of three. voor قَبْل، حَتّى преди za i vor παρά (για ώρα) menos enne مانده به vailla moins לִפנֵי इतने मिनट पहले minute do punog sata múlva (10 perc múlva 3) sebelum fyrir, í meno ～前 ...(분) 전 prieš (laika nozīmē) pirms (not translated) voor på, før przed para перед, без za, po pred od i จาก ...kala, ...-den önce (表示時間的範圍) вказує на час کچھ منٹوں کي بقيہ تعداد thời gian （表示时间的范围）
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