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- [poo t awf, of]
- /pʊt ɔf, ɒf/
- /ˈpʊt ɒf/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [poo t awf, of]
- /pʊt ɔf, ɒf/
Definitions of put off words
- verb with object put off to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf. 1
- verb with object put off to bring into some relation, state, etc.: to put everything in order. 1
- verb with object put off to place in the charge or power of a person, institution, etc.: to put a child in a special school. 1
- verb with object put off to subject to the endurance or suffering of something: to put convicted spies to death. 1
- verb with object put off to set to a duty, task, action, etc.: I put him to work setting the table. 1
- verb with object put off to force or drive to some course or action: to put an army to flight. 1
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Origin of put off
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English put(t)en to push, thrust, put, Old English *putian (as verbal noun putung an impelling, inciting); akin to pytan, potian to push, goad, cognate with Old Norse pota to thrust, poke
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Parts of speech for Put off
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
put off popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% 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".
put off usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for put off
verb put off
- adjourn — If a meeting or trial is adjourned or if it adjourns, it is stopped for a short time.
- amnestied — a general pardon for offenses, especially political offenses, against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction.
- beat around the bush — to talk around a subject without getting to the point
- beat off — to drive back; repel
- befog — to surround with fog
adj put off
- behind time — late
- behindhand — If someone is behindhand, they have been delayed or have made less progress in their work than they or other people think they should.
- delayed — of or relating to a particle, as a neutron or alpha particle, that is emitted from an excited nucleus formed in a nuclear reaction, the emission occurring some time after the reaction is completed.
- in a bind — in a difficult situation
Antonyms for put off
verb put off
- chouse — a person who deceives, defrauds, or tricks
- cinched — a strong girth used on stock saddles, having a ring at each end to which a strap running from the saddle is secured.
- cinching — a strong girth used on stock saddles, having a ring at each end to which a strap running from the saddle is secured.
- clinch — If you clinch something you are trying to achieve, such as a business deal or victory in a contest, you succeed in obtaining it.
- corked — (of a wine) tainted through having a cork containing excess tannin
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