(paper, printing) Abbreviation of folio., page and book size (10"-12.5" x 15"-20").
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(informal) Alternative spelling of fo'
of
of
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(Canada, US, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to.
(UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time).
(US, informal, considered incorrect by some) Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives modified by certain common adverbs of degree.
(after a noun) Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.
(after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) Used to indicate the material or substance used.
(chiefly US) Denotes the number of minutes before the hour
(chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
(directly following a noun) Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.
(following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) Introduces its subject matter; about, concerning.
(following a noun) Indicates a given part.
(following a number or other quantitive word) Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment; "from among".
(following a passive verb) Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).
(following an adjective) Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.
(following an adjective) Introduces its subject matter.
(following an adjective) Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.
(following an intransitive verb) Indicates the source or cause of the verb.
(informal) Often used without the hour
(now archaic or literary) Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier; in respect to, as regards.
(now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of.
(now obsolete or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off".
(obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
(obsolete) Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.
2022-05-16, Ariel Levine; Giancarlo Esposito, director, Better Call Saul S6E6: Axe and Grind, spoken by Private Investigator (Lennie Loftin), 09:20 from the start:
Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this intersects with the subjective genitive, above under "agency" senses.)
Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.
Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.
Forming the "objective genitive".
From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
Indicates a quality or characteristic; "characterized by".
Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.
Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation; from, out of, as an expression of.
Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.
Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.
Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.
Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.
Introducing an epithet that indicates a birthplace, residence, dominion, or other place associated with the individual.
Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-matter; concerning, with regard to.
Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).
Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second; "which is also".
Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase (see also 'Possession' senses below).
Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.
Wednesday was more of the same. Out at 08:30, got to the office by quarter of, clients all day.
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(stenoscript) Abbreviation of off., often
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(usually in modal perfect constructions) Eye dialect spelling of have or ’ve, chiefly in depictions of colloquial speech.
