off
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[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /ɒf/, SAMPA: /Qf/
- (US) IPA: /ɔf/, /ɑf/, SAMPA: /Of/, /Af/
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- Rhymes: -ɒf
[edit] Adverb
off
- In a direction away from the speaker or object.
- He drove off in a cloud of smoke.
- The book fell off the table.
- 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.)
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terms derived from off (adverb)
[edit] Translations
in a direction away from the speaker or object
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[edit] Adjective
off
- inoperative, disabled
- All the lights are off.
- 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
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[edit] Preposition
off
- from
- I took it off the table.; Come off the roof!
- 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.
- (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
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to 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?
[edit] Derived terms
off-licence, off-license, offie, offy
