off

Verb

Verb Forms: offed, offing, offs

• To depart or leave a place.
• kill intentionally and with premeditation
• To kill.
• To switch off.

Adjective

• not in operation or operational
  • "the oven is off"
  • "the lights are off"
• (of events) no longer planned or scheduled
  • "the wedding is definitely off"

Adjective Satellite

• below a satisfactory level
  • "an off year for tennis"
  • "his performance was off"
• in an unpalatable state
• not performing or scheduled for duties
  • "He's off every Tuesday"

Adverb

• from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)
  • "went off to school"
  • "they drove off"
• at a distance in space or time
  • "the boat was 5 miles off (or away)"
  • "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)"
• no longer on or in contact or attached
  • "clean off the dirt"
  • "he shaved off his mustache"

Adv

• In a direction away from the speaker or other reference point.
• Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
• So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.
• Offstage.
• 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.

Adj

• Inoperative, disabled.
• Cancelled; not happening.
• Not fitted; not being worn.
• Denoting something faulty, unsatisfactory, objectionable etc.
• Not correct; not properly formed; not logical, harmonious, etc.
• Denoting something faulty, unsatisfactory, objectionable etc.
• Inappropriate; untoward.
• Denoting something faulty, unsatisfactory, objectionable etc.
• Less than normal, in temperament or in result.
• Denoting something faulty, unsatisfactory, objectionable etc.
• Designating a time when one is not performing to the best of one's abilities.
• Denoting something faulty, unsatisfactory, objectionable etc.
• Rancid, rotten, gone bad.
• Denoting something faulty, unsatisfactory, objectionable etc.
• Disgusting, repulsive, abhorrent.
• Circumstanced.
• Started on the way.
• Far; off to the side.
• Temporarily not attending a usual place, such as work or school, especially owing to illness or holiday.
• 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.
• Presently unavailable. (of a dish on a menu)
• On the side furthest from the kerb (the right-hand side if one drives on the left).
• In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.

Prep

• Not positioned upon, or away from a position upon.
• Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to.
• Outside the area or region of.
• Temporarily not attending (a usual place), especially owing to illness or holiday.
• Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via.
• Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via.
• Used to express location at sea relative to land or mainland.
• Removed or subtracted from.
• No longer wanting or taking.
• Out of the possession of.
• Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering.
• Under the influence of.
• As a result of.

Noun

• Beginning; starting point.

Examples

• All the lights are off.
• And they're off! Whatsmyname takes an early lead, with Remember The Mane behind by a nose.
• Can you off the light?
• He bit off the end of the carrot.
• He didn't buy it off him. He stole it off him.
• He drove off in a cloud of smoke.
• He has been very obviously an untrustworthy narrator right from the off.
• He took an off day for fishing.  an off year in politics; the off season
• He took me down the corridor and into an off room.
• He was thrown off the team for cheating.
• He's been off his feed since Tuesday.
• He's off his meds again.
• He's off the computer, but he's still on the phone.
• He's off the roof now.
• His office is off this corridor on the right.
• How are you off for milk? Shall I get you some more from the shop?
• I couldn't see what it said because the line of text ran off the page.
• I took it off the table.
• I'd like to re-order those printer cartridges, let's say 5-off.
• I'll have the chicken please. — Sorry, chicken's off today.
• John's off today. He's back on Wednesday.
• Keep off the grass.
• Look! There's a UFO off our left wing!
• off to see the wizard
• off work; off school
• Our family used to be well off; now we're very badly off.
• Please switch off the light when you leave.
• Please take your clothes off so that I can examine you.
• sales are off this quarter
• Some branches were sawn off.
• The coat fell off the peg.
• The dinosaurs died off long ago.
• The drink spilled out of the bottle because the top was off.
• The economy is rising off the strength of the tech sector.
• The guy was off a perc.
• The island is 23 miles off the cape.
• The off front wheel came loose.
• the off horse or ox in a team, in distinction from the nigh or near horse
• The party's off because the hostess is sick.
• The phone is off the hook
• The suspect is now believed to be off the campus.
• The team won off a late-game fumble by an opposing player.
• There's 20% off the list price.
• This milk is off!
• We're just off the main road.
• We're off their radar.
• We've been off the grid for three days now.
• When the game was clearly lost, he decided to OFF his chances and resigned.
• Your feet will feel better once those tight boots are off.

Synonyms

away, bump off, cancelled, dispatch, forth, hit, murder, polish off, remove, slay, sour, turned, out

Antonyms

on, fresh, in, leg, near, nigh

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