of

/əv/

Middle English, off, of, from Old English, adverb & preposition; akin to Old High German aba off, away, Latin ab from, away, Greek apo

preposition

  1. —used as a function word to indicate a point of reckoning

  2. —used as a function word to indicate origin or derivation

  3. —used as a function word to indicate the cause, motive, or reason

auxiliary verb

  1. have —used in place of the contraction 've often in representations of uneducated speech

abbreviation

  1. outfield