Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ob-

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English

Syllables: ob-
IPA

4

Scrabble Score

2

Letters

2

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

prefix

Against; facing; a combining prefix found in verbs of Latin origin.

prefix

Of a reversed shape.

prefix

Obligatory; prepended to the name of a topic being mentioned to avoid accusations of being off-topic.

Humorous; Informal

Example Sentences

"ObGoth: Uh, well, it's like this you see, anyone out there got the new CoX album on Tess? If so which album is it *most* like?"
"Aren't Newcastle's chairman Sunderland supporters? (From the way they acted?) Erm...obspeccy? Tynesoft, eh? What happened to them?"
"ObLinux: SAP were giving away a free development environment for use with RedHat v6.1 recently, a distinctly non-free complete system has been available for a while. This offers another example of a commercial application where the vendors now have sufficient confidence in Linux to release a port (even if it is distribution-specific)."

Etymology

From Latin ob-.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: ob-

Usage

Phrases

thread tax

Frequently Paired Words

thread tax

Synonyms

anti- counter- contra- dys-

Questions

What does ob- mean?: Against; facing; a combining prefix found in verbs of Latin origin.
Where does ob- come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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