<p><strong>Preposition</strong></p><ul><li>(used to indicate distance or direction from, separation, deprivation, etc.): within a mile of the church; south of Omaha; to be robbed of one's money.</li><li>(used to indicate derivation, origin, or source): a man of good family; the plays of Shakespeare; a piece of cake.</li><li>(used to indicate cause, motive, occasion, or reason): to die of hunger.</li><li>(used to indicate material, component parts, substance, or contents): a dress of silk; an apartment of three rooms; a book of poems; a package of cheese.</li><li>(used to indicate apposition or identity): Is that idiot of a salesman calling again?</li><li>(used to indicate specific identity or a particular item within a category): the city of Chicago; thoughts of love.</li><li>(used to indicate possession, connection, or association): the king of France; the property of the church.</li><li>(used to indicate inclusion in a number, class, or whole): one of us.</li><li>(used to indicate the objective relation, the object of the action noted by the preceding noun or the application of a verb or adjective): the ringing of bells; He writes her of home; I'm tired of working.</li><li>(used to indicate reference or respect): There is talk of peace.</li><li>(used to indicate qualities or attributes): an ambassador of remarkable tact.</li><li>(used to indicate a specified time): They arrived of an evening.</li><li>Chiefly Northern U.S.: before the hour of; until: twenty minutes of five.</li><li>on the part of: It was very mean of you to laugh at me.</li><li>in respect to: fleet of foot.</li><li>set aside for or devoted to: a minute of prayer.</li><li>Archaic: by: consumed of worms.</li></ul>