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• Ob
  Ob

  noun

  a river in the W Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NW to the Gulf of Ob. 2,500 miles (4,025 km) long.
• OB
  OB

  abbreviation

  Also ob
• ob-
  ob-

  a prefix meaning “toward,” “to,” “on,” “over,” “against,” originally occurring in loanwords from Latin, but now used also, with the sense of “reversely,” “inversely,” to form New Latin and English scientific terms: object; obligate; oblanceolate.
• ob.
  ob.

  abbreviation

  he died; she died.
• O.B.
  O.B.

  abbreviation

  opening of books.

Ob

¹ American  

[awb, ob, awp] / ɔb, ɒb, ɔp /

noun

1. a river in the W Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NW to the Gulf of Ob. 2,500 miles (4,025 km) long.

2. Gulf of, an inlet of the Arctic Ocean. About 500 miles (800 km) long.

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OB ² American  

abbreviation

1. Medicine/Medical. Also ob

   1. obstetric.

   2. obstetrician.

   3. obstetrics.

2. off Broadway.

3. opening of books.

4. ordered back.

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ob- ³ American  

1. a prefix meaning “toward,” “to,” “on,” “over,” “against,” originally occurring in loanwords from Latin, but now used also, with the sense of “reversely,” “inversely,” to form New Latin and English scientific terms: object; obligate; oblanceolate.

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ob. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. he died; she died.

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ob. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. incidentally.

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ob. ⁶ American  

abbreviation

1. oboe.

2. Meteorology. observation.

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O.B. ⁷ American  

Or O/B.

abbreviation

1. opening of books.

2. ordered back.

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ob. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. (on tombstones) obiit

2. obiter

3. oboe

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OB ² British  

abbreviation

1. Old Boy

2. outside broadcast

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Ob ³ British  

/ ɔpj /

noun

1. a river in N central Russia, formed at Bisk by the confluence of the Biya and Katun Rivers and flowing generally north to the Gulf of Ob (an inlet of the Arctic Ocean): one of the largest rivers in the world, with a drainage basin of about 2 930 000 sq km (1 131 000 sq miles). Length: 3682 km (2287 miles)

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ob- ⁴ British  

prefix

1. inverse or inversely

   obovate

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Etymology

Origin of ob-³

Middle English (from Old French ) from Latin, representing ob (preposition); in some scientific terms, from New Latin, Latin ob- (prefix)

Origin of ob.⁴

From the Latin word obiit

Origin of ob.⁵

From the Latin word obiter

Example Sentences

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Water levels in both the Ishim and the Tobol, which form part of the world's seventh longest Ob river system, are not expected to peak until 23 or 24 April.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2024

All of this has a number of implications for the Arctic: northern rivers, especially the region's largest, the Ob, Yenesey, Lena and Mackenzie, will see proportionally more water coming from their northern reaches.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 5, 2024

Poor ol' RiP will try to buck the trend but, as Ob pointed out, it's one facade in public and another in private. 

From Time ● Apr. 30, 2013

‘They stand, and they withstand’: the nomadic Nenets photographed by Sebastião Salgado: north of the Ob river, inside the Arctic Circle, Yamal Peninsula, Siberia, 2011.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 13, 2013

When May died, Ob and me had to talk business with the funeral parlor, religion with the preacher, and make small talk with dozens of relatives and people we’d hardly ever seen before.

From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant

I called my OB to check on the slightest twitch or pain at all times of day or night.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025

Paul Barrow, 38, who plays on the wing for Collegiate OB, faced former Wigan full-back Figueroa on Sunday - and had to explain to his nine-year-old son who Heskey was.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2025

She was told to follow up with her OB at her next appointment in three days.

From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2025

Endeavor said it will sell two of its properties to OB Global Holdings LLC, in a management buyout backed by Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2025

Put FC = h, and MC = x, and OB = l.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various

And in the opinion of Washington ob- servers he was not likely to compromise unless Recession grew even blacker.

From Time Magazine Archive

A subscription of $1,000 was voted to help ob- tain a pardon for Mooney.

From Time Magazine Archive

This ob- noxious tonic possesses many of the vitamins necessary to discourage rickets, gives strength to rickety children.

From Time Magazine Archive

Carter begins not only with that advantage but also, as an outsider, he is free of many heavy ob- ligations to special groups.

From Time Magazine Archive

The school created the very first teaching hospital in the world, a place where the sick were treated and young doctors learned their craft, as well as a fine ob- servatory to track the heavens.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

Man'dĕ -ʞaⁿ ¢aⁿ ukínacke gaxá- biamá, kĭ síg¢e ¢é -hnaⁿ tĕ ĕ'di i¢aⁿ'¢a- bow string the ob. noose he made it they say, and trail went habitually the there he put it biamá.

From Illustration Of The Method Of Recording Indian Languages From the First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution by Albert Samuel Gatschet

"I am, with sincere esteem, "Rev'd Sir, Y'r m. ob. & m. h.

From Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions by Isaac Disraeli

E la ou les 4 prenent 7 d. ob. le iour e le quint pur ceo qil est lyour le iour 2 d., donqe devez donner pur lacre 4 den.

From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff

I am, sir, Your most ob. serv't, Wm.

From Tea Leaves Being a Collection of Letters and Documents relating to the shipment of Tea to the American Colonies in the year 1773, by the East India Tea Company. (With an introduction, notes, and biographical notices of the Boston Tea Party) by Francis S. (Francis Samuel) Drake

John Arderne, will June 5, 1605; ob. s. p.

From Shakespeare's Family by C. C. (Charlotte Carmichael) Stopes

Sarah Finn, the casting director on “Loki” who also worked on “Everything Everywhere,” recommended Quan for the role of O.B. after seeing the film at a cast and crew screening.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2023

“With science, it’s all what and how,” says O.B.

From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2023

Among seven water and sewer system upgrades, the funds will be used to help replace a raw water pump at the beleaguered O.B.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2022

“You’ve been paying into Social Security your whole life,” Mr. Biden told an audience at O.B.

From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2022

By Samuel Johnson, with an introduction by O.B.

From The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2 by Various