off year

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [awf, of yeer]
- /ɔf, ɒf yɪər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [awf, of yeer]
- /ɔf, ɒf yɪər/

Definitions of off year words

noun off year a year without a major, especially presidential, election. 1
noun off year a year marked by reduced or inferior production or activity in a particular field, as farming, business, or sports: With its wet, cold summer, this was an off year for grapes. 1

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Origin of off year

First appearance:

before 1870

One of the 26% newest English words

First recorded in 1870-75

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Parts of speech for Off year

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Off year

off year popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 46% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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off year usage trend in Literature

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