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Meanings
Preposition
1. of; 's; used after the thing owned and before the owner
2. from (with the source or provenance of or at)
3. of (expressing composition, substance)
4. about (concerning; with regard to)
5. of; from (indicating cause)
6. of (indicates a quality or characteristic)
7. from (with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at)
8. of (indicates the subject or cause of the adjective)
9. from (with the separation, exclusion or differentiation of)
10. than (in certain phrases)
11. used to construct compound nouns (with attributive nouns)
12. indicates a conditional desire (followed by the infinitive)
13. forms adverbs; indicates a time of day or period of someone's life
14. indicates the purpose of an object (after a noun and before a verb)
Examples38401
If I had known, I wouldn't have said it.
the flight from Miami to Chicago
I’m from Spain.
a wooden table
He died of hunger.
a man of faith