Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [awf, of]
- /ɔf, ɒf/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [awf, of]
- /ɔf, ɒf/
Definitions of offed word
- adverb offed so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come off. 1
- adverb offed so as to be no longer covering or enclosing: to take a hat off; to take the wrapping off. 1
- adverb offed away from a place: to run off; to look off toward the west. 1
- adverb offed away from a path, course, etc.; aside: This road branches off to Grove City. 1
- adverb offed so as to be away or on one's way: to start off early; to cast off. 1
- adverb offed 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 Offed
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
offed 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".
offed usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for offed
adjective offed
- asleep — Someone who is asleep is sleeping.
- buried — to put in the ground and cover with earth: The pirates buried the chest on the island.
- deceased — The deceased is used to refer to a particular person or to particular people who have recently died.
- late — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- lifeless — not endowed with life; having no life; inanimate: lifeless matter.
interjection offed
- go away — leave!
- 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.
- depart — When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
- hightail — to go away or leave rapidly: Last we saw of him, he was hightailing down the street.
- leave — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
verb offed
- abolish — If someone in authority abolishes a system or practice, they formally put an end to it.
- abort — If an unborn baby is aborted, the pregnancy is ended deliberately and the baby is not born alive.
- annul — If an election or a contract is annulled, it is declared invalid, so that legally it is considered never to have existed.
- break off — If part of something breaks off or if you break it off, it comes off or is removed by force.
- cut — If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
Antonyms for offed
adjective offed
- alive — If people or animals are alive, they are not dead.
- lively — eventful, stirring, or exciting: The opposition gave us a lively time.
- living — having life; being alive; not dead: living persons.
- active — Someone who is active moves around a lot or does a lot of things.
- animate — Something that is animate has life, in contrast to things like stones and machines which do not.
verb offed
- approve — If you approve of an action, event, or suggestion, you like it or are pleased about it.
- begin — To begin to do something means to start doing it.
- build — If you build something, you make it by joining things together.
- continue — If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.
- create — To create something means to cause it to happen or exist.
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