Preposition

(English prepositions)

Going inside (of).

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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=He used to drop into my chambers once in a while to smoke, and was first-rate company. When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him. I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me.}}

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=November 3, author=Chris Bevan, work=BBC Sport

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Going to a geographic region.

Against, especially with force or violence.

Producing, becoming.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Peter Wilby)

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After the start of.

* , chapter=13

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(colloquial) Intensely interested in or attracted to.

(mathematics) Taking distinct arguments to distinct values.

(British, archaic, India, mathematics) Expressing the operation of multiplication.

(mathematics) Expressing the operation of division, with the denominator given first. Usually with "goes".

Investigating the subject.

Preposition

(English prepositions)

Physical positioning.

# On top of; above; higher than; further up.

#* (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) (1807-1882)

Over them gleamed far off the crimson banners of morning.

#* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author=(Henry Petroski)

, magazine=(American Scientist), title= The Evolution of Eyeglasses , passage=The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone,

# Across or spanning.

#* (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)

Certain lakespoison birds which fly over them.

#* , chapter=3

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#* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=72-3, magazine=(The Economist)

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# In such a way as to cover.

# From one physical position to another via an obstacle that must be traversed vertically, first upwards and then downwards.

By comparison.

# More than; to a greater degree.

# Beyond; past; exceeding; too much or too far.

# (label) As compared to.

(label) Divided by.

Finished with; done with; from one state to another via a hindrance that must be solved or defeated; or via a third state that represents a significant difference from the first two.

While]] using, (especially) while [[consume, consuming.

* 1990 , (Seymour Chatman), Coming to Terms , , ISBN 0801497361, page 100[http://books.google.com/books?id=loD1JXOtmTYC&pg=PA100&dq=relax]:

Six diners in business clothes—five attractive young women and a balding middle-aged man—relax over cigarettes.

* 1998 , Marian Swerdlow, Underground Woman , , ISBN 1566396107, page 88 [http://books.google.com/books?id=jIK3DGkOwYkC&pg=PA88&dq=croissants]:

Sunday had been my favorite day at Woodlawn. A long W.A.A. [="work as assigned" period], having coffee and croissants with Mark over the Sunday Times .

* 2009 , Sara Pennypacker, The Great Egyptian Grave Robbery , , ISBN 9780545207867, page 79:

Over meatloaf and mashed potatoes (being careful not to talk with his mouth full), Stanley told about his adventure.

Concerning or regarding.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Can China clean up fast enough? , passage=It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.}}

Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding.