"o'" meaning in English

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Preposition

IPA: /ə/, /oʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-o'.wav Forms: o’ [canonical]
Rhymes: -oʊ Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=o’}} o’, {{en-prep|head=o’}} o’
  1. (unstressed form) Contraction of of, usually before vowels. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, unstressed Alternative form of: of, usually before vowels
    Sense id: en-o'-en-prep-b3WuzggL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with redundant wikilinks, English prepositions, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 83 17 Disambiguation of English prepositions: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 10 1 34 10 1 10
  2. (obsolete, unstressed form) Contraction of on. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, obsolete, unstressed Alternative form of: on
    Sense id: en-o'-en-prep-VmaMf5uG Categories (other): English prepositions Disambiguation of English prepositions: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: o, a
Derived forms: back o’ Bourke, Besses o' th' Barn, Brig o' Turk, cat-o’-nine-tails, come-o'-will, gottle o' geer, hop-o'-my-thumb, Jack o' the clock, jack-o’-lantern, John o’ Groats, Land o' Cakes, light-o'-love, man-o'-war suit, man-o’-war, o’clock, peep o' day, Peep o' Day Boy, rickle o' banes, run-o’-the-mill, Tom o' Bedlam, whip-o'-will, will o' the wisp, will-o’-the-wisp

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "back o’ Bourke"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Besses o' th' Barn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Brig o' Turk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cat-o’-nine-tails"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "come-o'-will"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "gottle o' geer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hop-o'-my-thumb"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Jack o' the clock"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "John o’ Groats"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Land o' Cakes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "light-o'-love"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "man-o'-war suit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "man-o’-war"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "o’clock"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "peep o' day"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Peep o' Day Boy"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "rickle o' banes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "run-o’-the-mill"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Tom o' Bedlam"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "whip-o'-will"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "will o' the wisp"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "will-o’-the-wisp"
    }
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          "_dis": "34 10 1 34 10 1 10",
          "kind": "other",
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        {
          "text": "Gimme two o’ those ones.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "from two o’clock until closing time",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "top o’ the mornin to ye",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "Contraction of of, usually before vowels."
      ],
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        "(unstressed form) Contraction of of, usually before vowels."
      ],
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        "alt-of",
        "contraction",
        "unstressed"
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          "text": "A pox o' your throat, you bawling, blasphemous, incharitable dog!",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Contraction of on."
      ],
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        [
          "on",
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        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, unstressed form) Contraction of on."
      ],
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        "alt-of",
        "contraction",
        "obsolete",
        "unstressed"
      ]
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/ə/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oʊ/"
    },
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      "homophone": "a"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oʊ"
    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "o"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "a"
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    "English prepositions",
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    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/oʊ",
    "Rhymes:English/oʊ/1 syllable"
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    {
      "word": "back o’ Bourke"
    },
    {
      "word": "Besses o' th' Barn"
    },
    {
      "word": "Brig o' Turk"
    },
    {
      "word": "cat-o’-nine-tails"
    },
    {
      "word": "come-o'-will"
    },
    {
      "word": "gottle o' geer"
    },
    {
      "word": "hop-o'-my-thumb"
    },
    {
      "word": "Jack o' the clock"
    },
    {
      "word": "jack-o’-lantern"
    },
    {
      "word": "John o’ Groats"
    },
    {
      "word": "Land o' Cakes"
    },
    {
      "word": "light-o'-love"
    },
    {
      "word": "man-o'-war suit"
    },
    {
      "word": "man-o’-war"
    },
    {
      "word": "o’clock"
    },
    {
      "word": "peep o' day"
    },
    {
      "word": "Peep o' Day Boy"
    },
    {
      "word": "rickle o' banes"
    },
    {
      "word": "run-o’-the-mill"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tom o' Bedlam"
    },
    {
      "word": "whip-o'-will"
    },
    {
      "word": "will o' the wisp"
    },
    {
      "word": "will-o’-the-wisp"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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          "word": "of"
        },
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        {
          "text": "from two o’clock until closing time",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "top o’ the mornin to ye",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Contraction of of, usually before vowels."
      ],
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        [
          "of",
          "of#English"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(unstressed form) Contraction of of, usually before vowels."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
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      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "word": "on"
        }
      ],
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        "English terms with obsolete senses",
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          "text": "A pox o' your throat, you bawling, blasphemous, incharitable dog!",
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        "Contraction of on."
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        "(obsolete, unstressed form) Contraction of on."
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        "alt-of",
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/ə/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oʊ/"
    },
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      "homophone": "a"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oʊ"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "o"
    },
    {
      "word": "a"
    }
  ],
  "word": "o'"
}

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