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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Adverb 1.2.1 Usage notes 1.2.2 Synonyms 1.2.3 Antonyms 1.2.4 Derived terms 1.2.5 Translations 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Antonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Preposition 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Verb 1.5.1 Derived terms 1.5.2 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɒf/, SAMPA: /Qf/
• (US) IPA: /ɔf/, /ɑf/, SAMPA: /Of/, /Af/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -ɒf

[edit] Adverb

off

1. In a direction away from the speaker or object.

   He drove off in a cloud of smoke.

   The book fell off the table.

2. Into a state of non-operation; into a state of non-existence.

   Please switch off the light when you leave.

   die off

[edit] Usage notes

• 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 still rare and always informal; see below.)

[edit] Synonyms

• away, out

[edit] Antonyms

• on, in

[edit] Derived terms

back off be off break off bring off call off clean off cut off, cutoff die off drop off fall off fuck off

get off go off goof off hold off keep off kick off, kickoff knock off lay off, layoff leave off let off light off live off

make off make off with nod off pay off, payoff piss off pull off put off ring off rip off, ripoff round off run off, runoff

see off set off show off, showoff sleep off shake off switch off take off tell off tick off turn off, turnoff walk it off wear off

[edit] Translations

[edit] Adjective

off

1. inoperative, disabled

   All the lights are off.

2. rotten

   This milk is off!

3. (cricket) in, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman

[edit] Antonyms

• (inoperative) on
• (rotten) fresh
• (cricket) on, leg

[edit] Translations

[edit] Preposition

off

1. (informal) from

   I got it off the internet.

   This song is off their second album.

   I took it off the table.

   Come off the roof!

2. (engineering, when giving quantities, e.g. of machine parts) times

   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

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to off (third-person singular simple present offs, present participle offing, simple past and past participle offed)

1. (transitive) (slang) to kill

   He got in the way so I had him offed.

2. (transitive) (Singapore) to switch off

   Can you off the light?

[edit] Derived terms

off-licence, off-license, offie, offy

[edit] Translations