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She has an American accent.

NGSL Rank: 4
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ɒv Listen
Meanings
preposition
  • expressing the relationship between a part and a whole.
  • expressing the relationship between a scale or measure and a value.
    E.g. an increase of 5%
  • indicating an association between two entities, typically one of belonging, in which the first is the head of the phrase and the second is something associated with it.
    E.g. the son of a friend
  • expressing the relationship between a direction and a point of reference.
    E.g. north of Watford
  • expressing the relationship between a general category or type and the thing being specified which belongs to such a category.
    E.g. the city of Prague
  • following a noun derived from or related to a verb.
  • where the head of the phrase is a predicative adjective.
    E.g. it was kind of you to ask
  • indicating the relationship between a verb and an indirect object.
  • indicating the material or substance constituting something.
    E.g. the house was built of bricks
  • expressing time in relation to the following hour.
    E.g. it would be just a quarter of three in New York
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Meanings
prefix
  • variant spelling of ob- assimilated before f (as in offend ).

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