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Definition off
Etymology
From Middle English of, from Old English of, af, æf (“from, off, away”), from Proto-Germanic *ab (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?epo (“from, off, back”). Cognate with Scots of, af (“off, away”), West Frisian af, ôf (“off, away”), Dutch af (“off, from”), German Low German of (“off, from”), German ab (“off, from”), Danish af (“of, off”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish av (“of, off”), Icelandic af (“of, off”), Gothic ?? (af, “of, from”); and with Latin ab (“of, from, by”), Ancient Greek ??? (apó, “from”), and others. Doublet of of.
Adverb
off (not comparable)
- In a direction away from the speaker or object.
- Into a state of non-operation; into a state of non-existence.
- So as to be removed or separated.
Adjective
off (comparative more off, superlative most off)
- Inoperative, disabled.
- Rancid, rotten.
- (cricket) In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.
- Less than normal, in temperament or in result.
- Inappropriate; untoward.
- Circumstanced (as in well off, better off, poorly off).
- Started on the way.
- Far; off to the side.
- 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.
- (in phrases such as 'off day') Designating a time when one is not performing to the best of one's abilities.
- (of a dish on a menu) Presently unavailable.
- Right-hand (in relation to the side of a horse or a vehicle).
Preposition
off
- Used to indicate movement away from a position on
- (colloquial) Out of the possession of.
- Away from or not on.
- Disconnected or subtracted from.
- Distant from.
- No longer wanting or taking.
- Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering.
Verb
off (third-person singular simple present offs, present participle offing, simple past and past participle offed)
Noun
off (uncountable)
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