OFF
\ˈɒf], \ˈɒf], \ˈɒ_f]\
Definitions of OFF
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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not in operation or operational; "the oven is off"; "the lights are off"
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below a satisfactory level; "an off year for tennis"; "his performance was off"
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not performing or scheduled for duties; "He's off every Tuesday"; "he was off duty when it happened"; "an off-duty policeman"
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from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"; "went off to school".
By Princeton University
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not in operation or operational; "the oven is off"; "the lights are off"
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below a satisfactory level; "an off year for tennis"; "his performance was off"
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not performing or scheduled for duties; "He's off every Tuesday"; "he was off duty when it happened"; "an off-duty policeman"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as:
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Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile off.
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Denoting the action of removing or separating; separation; as, to take off the hat or cloak; to cut off, to pare off, to clip off, to peel off, to tear off, to march off, to fly off, and the like.
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Denoting a leaving, abandonment, departure, abatement, interruption, or remission; as, the fever goes off; the pain goes off; the game is off; all bets are off.
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Denoting a different direction; not on or towards: away; as, to look off.
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Denoting opposition or negation.
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Not on; away from; as, to be off one's legs or off the bed; two miles off the shore.
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On the farther side; most distant; on the side of an animal or a team farthest from the driver when he is on foot; in the United States, the right side; as, the off horse or ox in a team, in distinction from the nigh or near horse or ox; the off leg.
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The side of the field that is on the right of the wicket keeper.
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Away.
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Away; begone; - a command to depart.
By Oddity Software
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In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as:
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Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile off.
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Denoting the action of removing or separating; separation; as, to take off the hat or cloak; to cut off, to pare off, to clip off, to peel off, to tear off, to march off, to fly off, and the like.
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Denoting a leaving, abandonment, departure, abatement, interruption, or remission; as, the fever goes off; the pain goes off; the game is off; all bets are off.
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Denoting a different direction; not on or towards: away; as, to look off.
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Denoting opposition or negation.
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Not on; away from; as, to be off one's legs or off the bed; two miles off the shore.
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On the farther side; most distant; on the side of an animal or a team farthest from the driver when he is on foot; in the United States, the right side; as, the off horse or ox in a team, in distinction from the nigh or near horse or ox; the off leg.
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The side of the field that is on the right of the wicket keeper.
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Away.
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Away; begone; - a command to depart.
By Noah Webster.
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Away.
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Farther; aside from.
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Entirely to an end; utterly.
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Extending away or out from.
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Begone! away! - off color, unsatisfactory; inferior.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Most distant; on the opposite or farther side; as, the off horse of a team; away; as, I must be off.
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Away; as, take off your hat; he stood afar off.
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Not on; away from; as, take the bowl off the shelf; not in condition; distant from; as, a mile off shore.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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From: away from: on the opposite side of a question: not on.
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Most distant: on the opposite or further side.
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Not on.
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Away! depart!.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman