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preposition50

1. •
   belonging to someone or something, as a thing they own or a quality they have

   • Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames.
2. •
   Expressing possession.
3. •
   Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.

   • The owner of the nightclub was arrested.
4. •
   Having partitive effect.
5. •
   Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment; “from among”.

   • Most of these apples are rotten.
6. •
   Indicates a given part.

   • We want a larger slice of the cake.
7. •
   Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below; see also double possessive).

   • He is a friend of mine.
8. •
   Introducing subject matter.
9. •
   Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-matter; concerning, with regard to.

   • I'm always thinking of you.
10. •
    Introduces its subject matter; about, concerning.

    • He told us the story of his journey to India.
11. •
    Introduces its subject matter.

    • This behaviour is typical of teenagers.
12. •
    Expressing agency.
13. •
    Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).

    • I am not particularly enamoured of this idea.
14. •
    Used to introduce the “subjective genitive”; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase (see also ‘Possession’ senses below).

    • The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties.
15. •
    Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.

    • It was very brave of you to speak out like that.
16. •
    Forming the “objective genitive”.
17. •
    Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.

    • She had a profound distrust of the police.
18. •
    Expressing composition, substance.
19. •
    Used to indicate the material or substance used.

    • Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic.
20. •
    Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.

    • She wore a dress of silk.
21. •
    Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.

    • I'll have a dozen of those apples, please.
    • What a lot of nonsense!
22. •
    Expressing qualities or characteristics.
23. •
    Indicates a quality or characteristic; “characterized by”.

    • Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain.
24. •
    Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.

    • A young man of 20 has been paying interest at an exorbitant rate of 10%.
25. •
    Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare “origin” senses, above.

    • He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century.
26. •
    Expressing origin.
27. •
    Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.

    • The word is believed to be of Japanese origin.
28. •
    Introducing an epithet that indicates a birthplace, residence, dominion, or other place associated with the individual.
29. •
    Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation; from, out of, as an expression of.

    • The invention was born of necessity.
30. •
    Indicates the source or cause of the verb.

    • It is said that she died of a broken heart.
31. •
    Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.

    • I am tired of all this nonsense.
32. •
    Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.

    • Germany's formal name is the Federal Republic of Germany.
    • Welcome to the historic town of Harwich.
33. •
    Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second; “which is also”.

    • I'm not driving this wreck of a car.
34. •
    Expressing distance or motion.
35. •
    From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).

    • There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage.
36. •
    Expressing separation.
37. •
    Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.

    • Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband.
38. •
    Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.

    • He seemed devoid of human feelings.
39. •
    Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.

    • After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off.
40. •
    (dialect, UK) For (a given length of time).

    • I’ve not taken her out of a goodly long while.
41. •
    Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).

    • He hasn't been well of late.
42. •
    (US, informal) Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives modified by certain common adverbs of degree.

    • It's not that big of a deal. (Standard form: It's not that big a deal.)
43. •
    (US) Before (the hour); to (the hour).

    • I’ll be ready at ten of two
    • What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three.
44. •
    (US, informal) Often used without the hour.

    • I’ll be ready at ten of
45. •
    During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.

    • Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river.
46. •
    Expressing a point in time.
47. •
    (literary) Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier; in respect to, as regards.

    • My companion seemed affable and easy of manner.
48. •
    (literary, no longer used) Some, an amount of, one of.

    • On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort.
49. •
    (dialect, no longer used) From (a place); off.

    • Take the chicken out of the freezer.
50. •
    (no longer used) Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.

    • He was kindly treated by the people at Saco, and recovered of his wounds. — 1822

noun3

1. •
   (Internet) Abbreviation of OnlyFans (“an account on OnlyFans”).
2. •
   Abbreviation of outfield.
3. •
   Abbreviation of outfielder.