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Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • preposition Of.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • preposition A shortened form of of or on.
  • possessive noun A prefix to Irish family names, which signifies grandson or descendant of, and is a character of dignity.

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  • preposition unstressed apocopic form of of

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English o, a, shortening of of; see of.]

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same context (19)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. 'er
  2. 'is
  3. Th
  4. UV
  5. WI
  6. an
  7. bloody
  8. delicious
  9. down
  10. enough
  11. ere
  12. for
  13. mostly
  14. ob
  15. still
  16. t
  17. ter
  18. yeh
  19. yer

forms (4)

Forms

  1. o
  2. o’clock
  3. run-o’-the-mill
  4. will-o’-the-wisp

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