off
(adjective) not performing or scheduled for duties; âHeâs off every Tuesdayâ
off
(adjective) not in operation or operational; âthe oven is offâ; âthe lights are offâ
off, cancelled
(adjective) (of events) no longer planned or scheduled; âthe wedding is definitely offâ
off
(adjective) below a satisfactory level; âan off year for tennisâ; âhis performance was offâ
off, sour, turned
(adjective) in an unpalatable state; âsour milkâ
off
(adverb) no longer on or in contact or attached; âclean off the dirtâ; âhe shaved off his mustacheâ
away, off, forth
(adverb) from a particular thing or place or position (âforthâ is obsolete); âran away from the lionâ; âwanted to get away from thereâ; âsent the children away to boarding schoolâ; âthe teacher waved the children away from the dead animalâ; âwent off to schoolâ; âthey drove offâ; âgo forth and preachâ
off, away
(adverb) at a distance in space or time; âthe boat was 5 miles off (or away)â; âthe party is still 2 weeks off (or away)â; âaway back in the 18th centuryâ
murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove
(verb) kill intentionally and with premeditation; âThe mafia boss ordered his enemies murderedâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
off (not comparable)
In a direction away from the speaker or object.
Into a state of non-operation; into a state of non-existence.
So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.
Used in various other ways specific to individual idiomatic phrases, e.g. bring off, show off, put off, tell off, etc. See the entry for the individual phrase.
• off is used as an adverbial particle in a number of phrasal verbs (shake off, show off, switch off, take off, and so forth). This is not to be confused with prepositional use (e.g. jump off the table, keep off the grass; see below).
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off (comparative more off, superlative most off)
Inoperative, disabled.
Antonym: on
Cancelled; not happening.
Not fitted; not being worn.
Rancid, rotten, gone bad.
Antonym: fresh
Less than normal, in temperament or in result.
Inappropriate; untoward.
(in phrases such as 'well off', 'better off', 'poorly off') Circumstanced.
Started on the way.
Far; off to the side.
Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from a post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent.
(in phrases such as 'off day') Designating a time when one is not performing to the best of one's abilities.
(of a dish on a menu) Presently unavailable.
(British, in relation to a vehicle) On the side furthest from the kerb (the right-hand side if one drives on the left).
Antonym: near
(cricket) In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.
Antonyms: on, leg
off
Not positioned upon; away from a position upon.
Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to.
Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via.
Used to express location at sea relative to land or mainland.
Removed or subtracted from.
No longer wanting or taking.
(colloquial, more properly 'from') Out of the possession of.
Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering.
• on
off (third-person singular simple present offs, present participle offing, simple past and past participle offed)
(transitive, slang) To kill.
(transitive, Singapore, Philippines) To switch off.
off (uncountable)
(usually in phrases such as 'from the off', 'at the off', etc.) Beginning; starting point.
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Source: Wiktionary
Off, adv. Etym: [OE. of, orig. the same word as R. of, prep., AS. of, adv. & prep. *194. See Of.]
Definition: In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as:
1. Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile off.
2. Denoting the action of removing or separating; separation; as, to take off the hat or cloak; to cut off, to pare off, to clip off, to peel off, to tear off, to march off, to fly off, and the like.
3. Denoting a leaving, abandonment, departure, abatement, interruption, or remission; as, the fever goes off; the pain goes off; the game is off; all bets are off.
4. Denoting a different direction; not on or towards: away; as, to look off.
5. Denoting opposition or negation. [Obs.] The questions no way touch upon puritanism, either off or on. Bp. Sanderson. From off, off from; off. "A live coal...taken with the tongs from off the altar." Is. vi. 6.
– Off and on. (a) Not constantly; not regularly; now and then; occasionally. (b) (Naut.) On different tacks, now toward, and now away from, the land.
– To be off. (a) To depart; to escape; as, he was off without a moment's warning. (b) To be abandoned, as an agreement or purpose; as, the bet was declared to be off. [Colloq.] -- To come off, To cut off, To fall off, To go off, etc. See under Come, Cut, Fall, Go, etc.
– To get off. (a) To utter; to discharge; as, to get off a joke. (b) To go away; to escape; as, to get off easily from a trial. [Colloq.] -- To take off, to mimic or personate.
– To tell off (Mil.), to divide and practice a regiment or company in the several formations, preparatory to marching to the general parade for field exercises. Farrow.
– To be well off, to be in good condition.
– To be ill off, To be badly off, to be in poor condition.
Off, interj.
Definition: Away; begone; -- a command to depart.
Off, prep.
Definition: Not on; away from; as, to be off one's legs or off the bed; two miles off the shore. Addison. Off hand. See Offhand.
– Off side (Football), out of play; -- said when a player has got in front of the ball in a scrimmage, or when the ball has been last touched by one of his own side behind him.
– To be off color, to be of a wrong color.
– To be off one's food, to have no appetite. (Colloq.)
Off, a.
1. On the farther side; most distant; on the side of an animal or a team farthest from the driver when he is on foot; in the United States, the right side; as, the off horse or ox in a team, in distinction from the Ant: nigh or Ant: near horse or ox; the off leg.
2. Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from his post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent; as, he took an off day for fishing: an off year in politics. "In the off season." Thackeray. Off side. (a) The right hand side in driving; the farther side. See Gee. (b) (Cricket) See Off, n.
Off, n. (Cricket)
Definition: The side of the field that is on the right of the wicket keeper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; âtheoretical scienceâ
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