of

• about
• afore
• ahead of
• appertaining to
• appropriate to
• apropos
• apropos of
• as concerns
• as far as
• as for
• as regards
• as respects
• as to
• attributed to
• away from
• based on
• before
• belonging to
• characterized by
• coming from
• concerning
• connected with
• consisting of
• containing
• epithetical
• ere
• fore
• from
• going from
• in advance of
• in reference to
• in regard to
• in respect to
• in view of
• like
• made from
• on
• out from
• out of
• over
• peculiar to
• pertaining to
• previous to
• prior to
• proceeding from
• referring to
• regarding
• related to
• respecting
• showing
• till
• to
• touching
• toward
• towards
• until
• up to
• with regard to
• with respect to

• after
• following
• next
• next to
• since

• preposition
  1. Expressing distance or motion.
  2. Expressing separation.
  3. Expressing origin.
  4. Expressing agency.
  5. Expressing composition, substance.
  6. Introducing subject matter.
  7. Having partitive effect.
  8. Expressing possession.
  9. Forming the "objective genitive".
  10. Expressing qualities or characteristics.
  11. Expressing a point in time.
• verb
  1. To possess, own.
  2. To hold, as something at someone's disposal.
  3. Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.
  4. To partake of (a particular substance, especially food or drink, or action or activity).
  5. To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.
  6. To experience, go through, undergo.
  7. To be afflicted with, suffer from.
  8. (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) Used in forming the perfect aspect.
  9. Used as an interrogative verb before a pronoun to form a tag question, echoing a previous use of 'have' as an auxiliary verb or, in certain cases, main verb. (For further discussion, see the appendix English tag questions.).
  10. (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) See have to.
  11. To give birth to.
  12. To engage in sexual intercourse with.
  13. To accept as a romantic partner.
  14. (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
  15. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.
  16. (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.).
  17. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.
  18. To defeat in a fight; take.
  19. (obsolete outside Ireland) To be able to speak (a language).
  20. To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
  21. To trick, to deceive.
  22. (often with present participle) To allow; to tolerate.
  23. (often used in the negative) To believe, buy, be taken in by.
  24. To host someone; to take in as a guest.
  25. To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.
  26. (of a jury) To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.
  27. To make an observation of (a bird species).

• The cover of the book caught my attention immediately.
• She is the best player of the entire team.
• The taste of the dish was incredible, leaving everyone wanting more.
• They are planning a trip of a lifetime to explore Europe.
• The importance of education cannot be overstated.

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