off
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ɒf/]
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1. off (adv) — sense 1
Definition: In a direction away from the speaker or other reference point.
Example: He drove off in a cloud of smoke.
2. off (adv) — sense 2
Definition: Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
Example: Please switch off the light when you leave.
3. off (adv) — sense 3
Definition: So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.
Example: He bit off the end of the carrot.
4. off (adj) — sense 4
Definition: Inoperative, disabled.
Example: All the lights are off.
5. off (adj) — sense 5
Definition: Cancelled; not happening.
Example: The party's off because the hostess is sick.
6. off (adj) — sense 6
Definition: Not fitted; not being worn.
Example: Your feet will feel better once those tight boots are off.
7. off (prep) — sense 7
Definition: Not positioned upon; away from a position upon.
Example: He's off the roof now.
8. off (prep) — sense 8
Definition: Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to.
Example: The phone is off the hook
9. off (prep) — sense 9
Definition: Outside the area or region of.
Example: The suspect is now believed to be off the campus.
10. off (verb) — sense 10
Definition: To kill.
Example: Most sorely missed is the relationship between Eggsy and Colin Firth’s delightfully avuncular mentor figure Harry Hart, who was offed, seemingly definitively with a bullet to the brain towards its end.
11. off (verb) — sense 11
Definition: To switch off.
Example: Can you off the light?
12. off (noun) — sense 12
Definition: Beginning; starting point.
Example: He has been very obviously an untrustworthy narrator right from the off.
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