English Explanatory Dictionary

of

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prep
  1. Expressing distance or motion.
  2. From (a place); off.
  3. Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
  4. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
  5. Expressing separation.
  6. Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.
  7. Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.
  8. Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.
  9. Expressing origin.
  10. Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.
  11. Introducing an epithet that indicates a birthplace, residence, dominion, or other place associated with the individual.
  12. Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation; from, out of, as an expression of.
verb
  1. Eye dialect spelling of have and 've, chiefly in depictions of colloquial speech.
name
  1. Initialism of Old French.
  2. Initialism of Old Frisian.
  3. Abbreviation of OnlyFans.
  4. Initialism of Ordinary Form.
noun
  1. Abbreviation of outfield.
  2. Abbreviation of outfielder.
  3. Abbreviation of OnlyFans (“an account on OnlyFans”).

Pronunciation

ŏv /ɒv/ /ɔv/ ŭv /ʌv/ [ɐv~ʌv~əv] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-of.wav en-us-of.ogg ŏf /ɔf/ əv /əv/ /ə/ en-us-piece of cake.ogg əf /əf/

Word forms

of ov ob o o' a OFs

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Germanic *ab Proto-West Germanic *ab Old English æf Old English of Middle English of English of From Middle English of, from Old English of (“from, out of, off”), an unstressed form of æf, from Proto-West Germanic *ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab (“away; away from”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“away”). Doublet of off, which is the stressed descendant of the same Old English word. More at off.

Related words

-'s by dint of by way of come of in excess of in respect of in terms of of age of a kind of all of all people of an of a piece of a sudden of biblical proportions of blessed memory of choice of color of colour of course of even date of importance of late of means of note of one's own accord of record of sorts of that ilk of the essence of the first water of the like of the world of two minds out of quarter of sort of thereof tired of whereof

Derived words

OFer

Translations

Arabic: مِنْ Arabic: ل Arabic: لدى Arabic: بتاع Arabic: مال Arabic: حَقّ Arabic: ديال Arabic: إلـ Arabic: لإلـ Arabic: تبع Arabic: تاع Belizean Creole: a Bulgarian: от Bulgarian: на Bulgarian: за Catalan: de Chinese Mandarin: 的 Chinese Mandarin: ...的 Chinese Mandarin: ...之 Cornish: a Czech: z Czech: ze Dutch: van Dutch: over Dutch: aan Dutch: voor Esperanto: de Esperanto: da Esperanto: el Esperanto: pri Esperanto: antaŭ French: de French: quant à French: moins Friulian: di German: aus German: von German: über German: der German: vor Greek: από Greek: παρά Ido: de Ido: ek Ido: di Ido: pri Interlingua: de Interlingua: a Interlingua: ante Irish: de Italian: di Italian: per Italian: verso Japanese: の中の Japanese: の Japanese: ...の Japanese: 歳の Japanese: の前 Kapampangan: king Kapampangan: ning Kapampangan: naning Kapampangan: nang Kapampangan: a Kapampangan: dareng Kapampangan: dang Khmer: នៃ Khmer: របស់ Khmer: ដល់ Ladin: de Latin: ex Latin: dē Latin: nātus Maltese: ta’ Maltese: tal- Maltese: taċ- Maltese: tad- Maltese: tan- Maltese: tar- Maltese: tas- Maltese: tat- Maltese: tax- Maltese: taz- Maltese: taż- Mirandese: de Norwegian Bokmål: av Norwegian Bokmål: med Norwegian Bokmål: til Norwegian Bokmål: -s Norwegian Nynorsk: av Norwegian Nynorsk: med Norwegian Nynorsk: til Norwegian Nynorsk: -s Occitan: de Pashto: د Polish: z Polish: o Polish: na temat Portuguese: de Portuguese: sobre Portuguese: em Portuguese: a respeito de Portuguese: para Romanian: de Romansh: da Romansh: dad Russian: из Russian: -ов Russian: -ев Russian: -ин Russian: -ын Russian: о Russian: об Russian: про Russian: насчёт Scots: o Slovak: z Slovak: -ov Slovak: -in Spanish: de Spanish: en cuanto a Spanish: acerca de Spanish: menos Swahili: -a Swedish: av Swedish: -s Swedish: på Swedish: om Swedish: i Tamil: N/A. Alternatives: நிறைய Tamil: கொண்ட Tamil: -ஆல் ஆன Tamil: -இன் Tamil: -உடைய Tamil: varies. பற்றி Tamil: varies. Tamil: N Tamil: A Tok Pisin: bilong Tok Pisin: pela
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