off

A1
Pronunciation
/ษ”หf/
/ษ‘f/
/ษ’f/
/ษ”f/
Noun
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

(usually in phrases such as 'from the off', 'at the off', etc.) Beginning; starting point.

Example Sentences
  • He has been very obviously an untrustworthy narrator right from the off.
Verb
2 definition(s)
1 Definition

To kill.

Example Sentences
  • He got in the way so I had him offed.
2 Definition

To switch off.

Example Sentences
  • Can you off the light?
Adjective
14 definition(s)
1 Definition

Inoperative, disabled.

Antonyms
on
Example Sentences
  • All the lights are off.
2 Definition

Cancelled; not happening.

Example Sentences
  • The party's off because the hostess is sick.
3 Definition

Not fitted; not being worn.

Example Sentences
  • The drink spilled out of the bottle because the top was off.
4 Definition

Rancid, rotten, gone bad.

Antonyms
fresh
Example Sentences
  • This milk is off!
5 Definition

Less than normal, in temperament or in result.

Example Sentences
  • sales are off this quarter
6 Definition

Inappropriate; untoward.

Example Sentences
  • I felt that his comments were a bit off.
7 Definition

(in phrases such as 'well off', 'better off', 'poorly off') Circumstanced.

8 Definition

Started on the way.

Example Sentences
  • And they're off! Whatsmyname takes an early lead, with Remember The Mane behind by a nose.
9 Definition

Far; off to the side.

Example Sentences
  • He took me down the corridor and into an off room.
10 Definition

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.

Example Sentences
  • He took an off day for fishing.โ€ƒ an off year in politics;โ€ƒthe off season
11 Definition

(in phrases such as 'off day') Designating a time when one is not performing to the best of one's abilities.

12 Definition

(of a dish on a menu) Presently unavailable.

Example Sentences
  • โ€” I'll have the chicken please.
13 Definition

(in relation to a vehicle) On the side furthest from the kerb (the right-hand side if one drives on the left).

Antonyms
near
Example Sentences
  • The off front wheel came loose.
14 Definition

In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.

Antonyms
leg on
Adverb
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

In a direction away from the speaker or object.

Example Sentences
  • He drove off in a cloud of smoke.
2 Definition

Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.

Example Sentences
  • Please switch off the light when you leave.
3 Definition

So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.

Example Sentences
  • He bit off the end of the carrot.
4 Definition

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.

Preposition
8 definition(s)
1 Definition

Not positioned upon; away from a position upon.

Example Sentences
  • He's off the roof now.
2 Definition

Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to.

Example Sentences
  • He was thrown off the team for cheating.
3 Definition

Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via.

Example Sentences
  • His office is off this corridor on the right.
4 Definition

Used to express location at sea relative to land or mainland.

Example Sentences
  • The island is 23 miles off the cape.
5 Definition

Removed or subtracted from.

Example Sentences
  • There's 20% off the list price.
6 Definition

No longer wanting or taking.

Example Sentences
  • He's been off his feed since Tuesday.
7 Definition

(more properly 'from') Out of the possession of.

Example Sentences
  • He didn't buy it off him. He stole it off him.
8 Definition

Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering.

Example Sentences
  • I'd like to re-order those printer cartridges, let's say 5-off.