of
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
How often you will meet it
Rank 3 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,356,202 times across 155,139 chapters — 3.021% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 100 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
preposition
- belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
- showing what something is made of, or what it contains
of in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The artist is the creator of beautiful things.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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At the sound of her new name Christian started, and she, too, turned scarlet.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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Author of "The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come," "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine," Etc.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1
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Followed by his sponsor he obeys and what happens at the room no one but the men of the society know.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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The love of mimetic representation, either as a participant or as a spectator, is an ineradicable instinct of childhood and adolescence.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1