off
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off (comparative more off, superlative most off)
- In a direction away from the speaker or object.
- He drove off in a cloud of smoke.
- Into a state of non-operation; into a state of non-existence.
- Please switch off the light when you leave.
- die off
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- Used in many phrasal verbs, off is an adverbial particle often mistakenly thought of as a preposition. (It can be used as a preposition, but such usage is rare and usually informal; see below.)
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Terms derived from off (adverb)
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in a direction away from the speaker or object
into a state of non-operation or non-existence
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[edit] Adjective
off (comparative more off, superlative most off)
- inoperative, disabled
- All the lights are off.
- rancid, rotten
- This milk is off!
- (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.
- sales are off this quarter
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inoperative, disabled
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[edit] Preposition
off
- Used to indicate movement away from a position on
- I took it off the table.; Come off the roof!
- (colloquial) Out of the possession of.
- He didn't buy it off him. He stole it off him.
- Away from or not on.
- He's off the computer, but he's still on the phone.; Keep off the grass.
- Disconnected or subtracted from.
- We've been off the grid for three days now.; He took 20% off the list price.
- Distant from.
- We're just off the main road.; The island is 23 miles off the cape.
- No longer wanting or taking.
- He's been off his feed since Tuesday.; He's off his meds again.
- Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering.
- Tantalum bar 6 off 3/8" Dia × 12" — Atom, Great Britain Atomic Energy Authority, 1972
- samples submitted … 12 off Thermistors type 1K3A531 … — BSI test report for shock and vibration testing, 2000
- I'd like to re-order those printer cartridges, let's say 5-off.
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off (third-person singular simple present offs, present participle offing, simple past and past participle offed)
- (transitive, slang) To kill.
- He got in the way so I had him offed.
- (transitive, Singapore) To switch off.
- Can you off the light?
