prep.
- expressing the relationship between a part and a whole.
- expressing the relationship between a scale or measure and a value.
▸expressing an age.
- indicating an association between two entities, typically one of belonging.
- expressing the relationship between a direction and a point of reference.
- expressing the relationship between a general category and something which belongs to such a category.
- expressing the relationship between an abstract concept and a noun denoting the subject or object of the underlying verb.
- indicating the relationship between a verb and an indirect object.
- indicating the material constituting something.
- N. Amer. expressing time in relation to the following hour.
Phrase
Usage
It is a mistake to use of instead of have in constructions such as you should have asked. For more information, see usage at have.
Etymology
OE, of Gmc origin.