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
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 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from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead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
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Away; not toward.
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Begone; depart. Off hand, without study or preparation. Off and on, at one time applying and engaged, then absent or remiss. To be off, to depart or to recede from an agreement or design. To come off, to escape. To go off, to depart. To take off, to mimic with ridicule.
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Not on; distant from.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Denoting distance; in driving, applied to the right-hand side.
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From; away; not towards; denoting the action of removing or separating, as to cut off.
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Not on;, int. Away; begone; among seamen, abreast of or near; be off, away; depart; from off, denoting removal; ill off or badly off, having fared ill; in a state of poverty; off and on, at one time anxious, at another careless, about anything; off-hand, without preparation or hesitation; without respect; of late, recently; of old, formerly; in time long past; to be off, to depart; to recede from an intended contract or design; to come off, to escape; to fare in the event; to happen, as the race came off; to get off, to alight; to come down; to make escape; to go off, to depart; to desert; to take fire and be discharged, as a gun; to take off, to take away; to mimic; well off, having fared well; in good circumstances.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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