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preposition US /ʌv/

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

  1. belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
  2. showing what something is made of, or what it contains

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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.

  • The artist is the creator of beautiful things.

    The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1

  • At the sound of her new name Christian started, and she, too, turned scarlet.

    Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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