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Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown below, 'of' is used after some verbs, nouns, and adjectives in order to introduce extra information. 'Of' is also used in phrasal prepositions such as ‘because of’, ‘instead of’ and ‘in spite of’, and in phrasal verbs such as ‘make of’ and ‘dispose of’. 1. You use of to combine two nouns when the first noun identifies the feature of the second noun that you want to talk about. The average age of the women interviewed was only 21.5. ...the population of this town... The aim of the course is to help students to comprehend the structure of contemporary political and social systems. PREP: n PREP n 2. You use of to combine two nouns, or a noun and a present participle, when the second noun or present participle defines or gives more information about the first noun. She let out a little cry of pain. ...the problem of a national shortage of teachers. ...an idealized but hazy notion of world socialism. ...the recession of 1974-75... PREP: n PREP n/-ing 3. You use of after nouns referring to actions to specify the person or thing that is affected by the action or that performs the action. For example, ‘the kidnapping of the child’ refers to an action affecting a child; ‘the arrival of the next train’ refers to an action performed by a train. ...the reduction of trade union power inside the party. ...the assessment of future senior managers. ...the death of their father. PREP: n PREP n 4. You use of after words and phrases referring to quantities or groups of things to indicate the substance or thing that is being measured. ...7.6 litres of pure alcohol. ...dozens of people. ...billions of dollars. ...a collection of short stories... PREP: quant PREP n, n PREP n 5. You use of after the name of someone or something to introduce the institution or place they belong to or are connected with. ...the Prince of Wales. ...the Finance Minister of Bangladesh. PREP: n PREP n 6. You use of after a noun referring to a container to form an expression referring to the container and its contents. Conder opened another bottle of wine... ...a box of tissues. ...a packet of cigarettes. ...a roomful of people. PREP: n PREP n 7. You use of after a count noun and before an uncount noun when you want to talk about an individual piece or item. ...a blade of grass... Marina ate only one slice of bread... With a stick of chalk he wrote her order on a blackboard. PREP: n PREP n 8. You use of to indicate the materials or things that form something. ...local decorations of wood and straw. ...loose-fitting garments of linen. ...a mixture of paint-thinner and petrol. PREP: n PREP n 9. You use of after a noun which specifies a particular part of something, to introduce the thing that it is a part of. ...the other side of the square... We had almost reached the end of the street. ...the beginning of the year... Edward disappeared around 9.30pm on the 23rd of July. ...the core of the problem. PREP: n PREP n 10. You use of after some verbs to indicate someone or something else involved in the action. He’d been dreaming of her... Listen, I shall be thinking of you always... Her parents did not approve of her decision... PREP: v PREP n/-ing, v n PREP n/-ing 11. You use of after some adjectives to indicate the thing that a feeling or quality relates to. I have grown very fond of Alec... His father was quite naturally very proud of him... I think everyone was scared of her... PREP: adj PREP n/-ing 12. You use of before a word referring to the person who performed an action when saying what you think about the action. This has been so nice, so terribly kind of you... That’s certainly very generous of you Tony. PREP: adj PREP pron/n-proper 13. You use of after a noun which describes someone or something, to introduce the person or thing you are talking about. ...an awkward, slow-moving giant of a man. PREP: a n PREP a n 14. If something is more of or less of a particular thing, it is that thing to a greater or smaller degree. Your extra fat may be more of a health risk than you realize... As time goes by, sleeping becomes less of a problem. PREP: more/less PREP a n 15. You use of to indicate a characteristic or quality that someone or something has. She is a woman of enviable beauty. ...a matter of overwhelming importance... PREP: n PREP n, adj-superl PREP n 16. You use of to specify an amount, value, or age. Last Thursday, Nick announced record revenues of $3.4 billion... He has been sentenced to a total of 21 years in prison since 1973... ...young people under the age of 16 years... PREP: n PREP amount 17. You use of after a noun such as ‘month’ or ‘year’ to indicate the length of time that some state or activity continues. ...eight bruising years of war... The project has gone through nearly a dozen years of planning. PREP: n PREP n/-ing 18. You can use of to say what time it is by indicating how many minutes there are before the hour mentioned. (AM) At about a quarter of eight in the evening Joe Urber calls... We got to the beach at five of one in the afternoon. PREP
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I. preposition Etymology: Middle English, ~f, ~, from Old English, adverb & preposition; akin to Old High German aba ~f, away, Latin ab from, away, Greek apo Date: before 12th century 1. — used as a function word to indicate a point ~ reckoning north ~ the lake 2. a. — used as a function word to indicate origin or derivation a man ~ noble birth b. — used as a function word to indicate the cause, motive, or reason died ~ flu c. by plays ~ Shakespeare d. on the part ~ very kind ~ you e. occurring in a fish ~ the western Atlantic 3. — used as a function word to indicate the component material, parts, or elements or the contents throne ~ gold cup ~ water 4. a. — used as a function word to indicate the whole that includes the part denoted by the preceding word most ~ the army b. — used as a function word to indicate a whole or quantity from which a part is removed or expended gave ~ his time 5. a. relating to ; about stories ~ her travels b. in respect to slow ~ speech 6. a. — used as a function word to indicate belonging or a possessive relationship king ~ England b. — used as a function word to indicate relationship between a result determined by a function or operation and a basic entity (as an independent variable) a function ~ x the product ~ two numbers 7. — used as a function word to indicate something from which a person or thing is delivered eased ~ her pain or with respect to which someone or something is made destitute robbed ~ all their belongings 8. a. — used as a function word to indicate a particular example belonging to the class denoted by the preceding noun the city ~ Rome b. — used as a function word to indicate apposition that fool ~ a husband 9. a. — used as a function word to indicate the object ~ an action denoted or implied by the preceding noun love ~ nature b. — used as a function word to indicate the application ~ a verb cheats him ~ a dollar or ~ an adjective fond ~ candy 10. — used as a function word to indicate a...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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prep. connecting a noun (often a verbal noun) or pronoun with a preceding noun, adjective, adverb, or verb, expressing a wide range of relations broadly describable as follows: 1 origin, cause, or authorship (paintings of Turner; people of Rome; died of malnutrition). 2 the material or substance constituting or identifying a thing (a house of cards; was built of bricks). 3 belonging, connection, or possession (a thing of the past; articles of clothing; the head of the business; the tip of the iceberg). 4 identity or close relation (the city of Rome; a pound of apples; a fool of a man). 5 removal, separation, or privation (north of the city; got rid of them; robbed us of {pound}1000). 6 reference, direction, or respect (beware of the dog; suspected of lying; very good of you; short of money; the selling of goods). 7 objective relation (love of music; in search of peace). 8 partition, classification, or inclusion (no more of that; part of the story; a friend of mine; this sort of book; some of us will stay). 9 description, quality, or condition (the hour of prayer; a person of tact; a girl of ten; on the point of leaving). 10 US time in relation to the following hour (a quarter of three). Phrases and idioms be of possess intrinsically; give rise to (is of great interest). of all designating the (nominally) least likely or expected example (you of all people!). of all the nerve (or cheek etc.) an exclamation of indignation at a person's impudence etc. of an evening (or morning etc.) colloq. 1 on most evenings (or mornings etc.). 2 at some time in the evenings (or mornings etc.). of late recently. of old formerly; long ago. Etymology: OE, unaccented form of {aelig}f, f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. указывает на: 2. принадлежность - передается род. падежом the garden of my neighbour —- сад моего соседа the nest of the bird —- гнездо птицы 3. владение чем-л. - передается род. падежом the owner of the house —- владелец дома, домовладелец a man of property —- собственник 4. авторство - передается род. падежом the stories of Edgar Poe —- рассказы Эдгара По the phonograph of Edison —- фонограф Эдисона 5. принадлежность к какой-л. организации или участие в работе какого-л. органа - передается род. падежом he is a member of the Communist party —- он член коммунистической партии 6. родственные, дружеские, деловые и др. связи в обороте, включающем существительное в притяжательном падеже или притяжательное местоименение обыкн. в абсолютной форме he is a friend of mine —- он мой друг; это один из моих друзей is he a friend of your father's? —- он друг вашего отца? that precious brother of hers —- ирон. ее драгоценный братец it's no business of yours —- это не ваше дело, это вас не касается a volume of Shakespeare's —- один из томов (собрания сочинений) Шекспира 7. указывает на: 8. составную часть чего-л - передается род. падежом the roof of the house —- крыша дома the leg of the table —- ножка стола 9. соотношение части и целого: из; передается также род. падежом there parts of the whole —- три четверти всего...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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a verity obs. поистине OF prep. 1) указывает на принадлежность; передается род. падежом the house of my ancestors - дом моих предков articles of clothing - предметы одежды 2) указывает на авторство; передается род. падежом the works of Shakespeare - произведения Шекспира 3) указывает на объект действия; передается род. падежом a creator of a new trend in art - создатель нового направления в искусстве in search of a dictionary - в поисках словаря a lover of poetry - любитель поэзии 4) указывает на деятеля: передается род. падежом the deeds of our heroes - подвиги наших героев 5) указывает на отношение части и целого; передается род. разделительным a pound of sugar - фунт сахару some of us - некоторые из нас a member of congress - член конгресса 6) указывает на содержимое какого-л. вместилища; передается род. падежом a glass of milk - стакан молока a pail of water - ведро воды 7) указывает на материал, из которого что-л. сделано из a dress of silk - платье из шелка a wreath of flowers - венок из цветов 8) указывает на качество, свойство, возраст; передается род. падежом a man of his word - человек слова a girl of ten - девочка лет десяти a man of talent - талантливый человек 9) указывает на причину; от; из-за; в результате, по причине he died of pneumonia - он умер от воспаления легких he did it of necessity -...Англо-русский словарь
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strong,; strong ~ prep 1 a) used to show a feature or quality that something has (the colour of her dress | the width of the road | the size of John's overdraft) b) used to say that something is part of something else (the leg of the table | the roots of her hair | the last scene of the movie) 2 used to show that something belongs to someone (a friend of my parents | a computer of her own | a habit of his) 3 used to talk about a group or collection of particular people or things (a herd of elephants) 4 used to talk about a particular amount or measurement of something (two kilos of sugar | lots of money | a drop of water | a cup of coffee) 5 used to talk about a particular person or thing from a larger group of the same people or things (a member of the soccer team | both of us | The Mona Lisa is one of his finest works. | the leading brand of shampoo.) 6 a) used in dates (the 27th of July) b) AmE used in giving the time to mean before (a quarter of seven (=6.45)) 7 used when giving the name of something or being more specific about something that is very general (the city of New York | the art of painting | the age of eight | the problem of unemployment) 8 a) used after nouns describing actions, to show who the action is done to (the killing of innocent children (=the children are killed)) b) used after nouns describing actions, to show who does the action (the barking of the dogs (=the dogs bark)) 9 used to say what particular subject, person, thing etc another subject, person or thing is connected with or deals with (the Queen of England | disease of the liver | the results of the meeting | the advantages of using a computer) 10 literary used to say what substance something is made of (a dress of pure silk) 11 a) the day/year etc of the day, year etc that something happened (the day of the accident | the week of the festival) b) of the day/year etc the best or most important person or thing or a particular day or year (She has been voted `Woman of the Year'.) c) of an evening/of a weekend used to say that...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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NASA abbr. Order Form U.S. gov. abbr. Optional Form mil. abbr. Opposing Force mil. abbr. Optional Form mil. abbr. Objective Force 2-let. lang. abbr. Old French chemis. abbr. Oxygen Free electron. abbr. Optical Fiber adult abbr. Old Fart softw. abbr. Open File gen. comp. abbr. Output File comp. assem. abbr. Overflow Flag sport abbr. Outfielder sport abbr. Outfield gen. bus. abbr. Order Form int. bus. abbr. Order Form pos. abbr. Older Fellow pos. abbr. Outfielder st. exc. abbr. Oppenheimer Funds firm name abbr. Oppenheimer Funds ...English abbreviation dictionary
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- O.E. of, unstressed form of ж (prep., adv.) "away, away from," from P.Gmc. *af-, from PIE *apo- "off, away." Equivalent of L. ab, Gk. 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. "This preposition shares with another word of the same length, AS, the evil glory of being accessary to more crimes against grammar than any other." [Fowler] ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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