of

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.Eye dialect spelling of have and 've, chiefly in depictions of colloquial speech.

   • "You couldn't of known," Livio says.
   • ‘You must of left your door unlocked. Or even open.’
   • "I had a woman up here last week to look at my feet, and when she have been the bill you'd of thought she had my appendicitus out."

Prep

Preposition

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A word placed before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show its relationship to another part of the sentence.

1. 1.Expressing distance or motion.

   • Take the chicken out of the freezer.
   • There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage.
   • Against headache, vertigo, vapours which ascend forth of the stomach to molest the head, read Hercules de Saxonia and others.

2. 2.Expressing separation.

   • He seemed devoid of human feelings.
   • Yet for long spells Villa looked laboured and devoid of ideas.
   • Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband.

3. 3.Expressing origin.

   • I am tired of all this nonsense.
   • The invention was born of necessity.
   • It is said that she died of a broken heart.

4. 4.Expressing agency.

   • The family is ordained of God.
   • I am not particularly enamoured of this idea.
   • It was very brave of you to speak out like that.

Overall

Very common· #5

By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Common

General reading & writing

Very common

Academic

Common

Literature

Uncommon