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off

off
O o

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [awf, of]
    • /ɔf, ɒf/
    • /ɒf/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [awf, of]
    • /ɔf, ɒf/

Definitions of off word

  • adverb off so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come off. 1
  • adverb off so as to be no longer covering or enclosing: to take a hat off; to take the wrapping off. 1
  • adverb off away from a place: to run off; to look off toward the west. 1
  • adverb off away from a path, course, etc.; aside: This road branches off to Grove City. 1
  • adverb off so as to be away or on one's way: to start off early; to cast off. 1
  • adverb off away from what is considered normal, regular, standard, or the like: to go off on a tangent. 1

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Parts of speech for Off

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

off popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for off

adjective off

  • rotten — decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
  • rancid — having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils: rancid butter.
  • tainted — a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
  • mouldy — a torpedo.
  • moldy — overgrown or covered with mold.

verb off

  • ko — a knockout in boxing.
  • bump off — To bump someone off means to kill them.
  • take apart — into pieces or parts; to pieces: to take a watch apart; an old barn falling apart from decay.
  • take for a ride — to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
  • garotte — to execute by the garrote.

noun off

  • one-way ticket — transport: single-journey fare
  • the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
  • terrorism — the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes.
  • assassination — to kill suddenly or secretively, especially a politically prominent person; murder premeditatedly and treacherously.
  • the business — If you say that someone or something is the business, you mean that they are the best of their kind.

adverb off

  • apart — When people or things are apart, they are some distance from each other.
  • away — If someone or something moves or is moved away from a place, they move or are moved so that they are no longer there. If you are away from a place, you are not in the place where people expect you to be.
  • ahead — Something that is ahead is in front of you. If you look ahead, you look directly in front of you.
  • aside — If you move something aside, you move it to one side of you.
  • below — If something is below something else, it is in a lower position.

interjection off

  • begone — go away!
  • outs — away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner.
  • skiddoo — to go away; get out.
  • shoo — to drive away by saying or shouting “shoo.”.

Antonyms for off

adjective off

  • fresh — newly made or obtained: fresh footprints.
  • here — in this place; in this spot or locality (opposed to there): Put the pen here.
  • on — so as to be or remain supported by or suspended from: Put your package down on the table; Hang your coat on the hook.
  • present — being, existing, or occurring at this time or now; current: increasing respect for the present ruler of the small country.

adverb off

  • close — When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered.

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