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📖 Определения и значения для слова of

📒 belonging to somebody; relating to somebody

  • a friend of mine
  • the love of a mother for her child
  • the role of the teacher

📒 belonging to something; being part of something; relating to something

  • the lid of the box
  • the director of the company
  • a member of the team

📒 coming from a particular background or living in a place

  • a woman of Italian descent
  • the people of Wales

📒 relating to or showing somebody/something

  • a story of passion
  • a photo of my dog
  • a map of India

📒 used to say what somebody/something is, consists of or contains

  • the city of Dublin
  • the issue of housing
  • a crowd of people

📒 used with measurements and expressions of time, age, etc.

  • 2 kilos of potatoes
  • an increase of 2 per cent
  • a girl of 12

📒 used to show somebody/something belongs to a group, often after some, a few, etc.

  • some of his friends
  • a few of the problems
  • the most famous of all the stars

📒 used to show the position of something/somebody in space or time

  • just north of Detroit
  • at the time of the revolution
  • (North American English) at a quarter of eleven tonight (= 10.45 p.m.)

📒 used after nouns formed from verbs. The noun after ‘of’ can be either the object or the subject of the action.

  • the arrival of the police (= they arrive)
  • criticism of the police (= they are criticized)
  • fear of the dark

📒 used after some verbs before mentioning somebody/something involved in the action

  • to deprive somebody of something
  • He was cleared of all blame.
  • Think of a number, any number.

📒 used after some adjectives before mentioning somebody/something that a feeling relates to

  • to be proud of something

📒 used to give your opinion of somebody’s behaviour

  • It was kind of you to offer.

📒 used when one noun describes a second one

  • Where's that idiot of a boy (= the boy that you think is stupid)?

📒 used before a noun to say that something is very surprising

  • I'm surprised that you of all people should say that.

📒 used to express anger

  • Of all the nerve!
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