word-vault/dist/data/cards/of/of.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "of",
    "partOfSpeech": "preposition",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "belonging to somebody; relating to somebody",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a friend of mine"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the love of a mother for her child"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the role of the teacher"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can't you throw out that old bike of Tommy's?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the paintings of Monet"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "belonging to something; being part of something; relating to something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the lid of the box"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the director of the company"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a member of the team"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the result of the debate"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "coming from a particular background or living in a place",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a woman of Italian descent"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the people of Wales"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "relating to or showing somebody/something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a story of passion"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a photo of my dog"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a map of India"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "used to say what somebody/something is, consists of or contains",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the city of Dublin"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the issue of housing"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a crowd of people"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a glass of milk"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "used with measurements and expressions of time, age, etc.",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "2 kilos of potatoes"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an increase of 2 per cent"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a girl of 12"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the fourth of July"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the year of his birth"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We would often have a walk of an evening."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "used to show somebody/something belongs to a group, often after some, a few, etc.",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "some of his friends"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a few of the problems"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the most famous of all the stars"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "used to show the position of something/somebody in space or time",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "just north of Detroit"
                },
                {
                    "text": "at the time of the revolution"
                },
                {
                    "text": "at a quarter of eleven tonight *(= 10.45 p.m.)*"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 9,
            "definition": "used after nouns formed from verbs. The noun after ‘of’ can be either the object or the subject of the action.",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the arrival of the police *(= they arrive)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "criticism of the police *(= they are criticized)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "fear of the dark"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the howling of the wind"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 10,
            "definition": "used after some verbs before mentioning somebody/something involved in the action",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to deprive somebody of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was cleared of all blame."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Think of a number, any number."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 11,
            "definition": "used after some adjectives before mentioning somebody/something that a feeling relates to",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to be proud of something"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 12,
            "definition": "used to give your opinion of somebody’s behaviour",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It was kind of you to offer."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 13,
            "definition": "used when one noun describes a second one",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Where's that idiot of a boy *(= the boy that you think is stupid)*?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used before a noun to say that something is very surprising",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'm surprised that you of all people should say that."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to express anger",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Of all the nerve!"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əv//ɒv/",
                "audio": "of/of/of__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əv//ʌv/",
                "audio": "of/of/of__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch af and German ab, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin ab and Greek apo."
}