off

Alternative forms

 * (US regional, English regional, Scottish)

Etymology
From, from , , , from , from , from. .

Cognate with 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬; and with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and others.

Adverb

 * 1) In a direction away from the speaker or other reference point.
 * 2) Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
 * 3) So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.
 * 4)  Offstage.
 * noises off
 * 1) So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.
 * 2)  Offstage.
 * noises off
 * 1)  Offstage.
 * noises off
 * 1)  Offstage.
 * noises off
 * 1)  Offstage.
 * noises off

Usage notes

 * off is used as an adverbial particle in a number of phrasal verbs (shake off, show off, switch off, take off, and so forth). This is not to be confused with prepositional use (e.g. jump off the table, keep off the grass; see below).

Translations

 * Cornish: dhe-ves
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:,  ,  ,
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: ar shiúl
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: -ەوە
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Macedonian: од-
 * Polish:
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Welsh: i ffwrdd, bant


 * Cornish: yn farow
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: slökktur
 * Irish:
 * Macedonian: ис-, из-
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Welsh: i ffwrdd, bant


 * Dutch: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Vietnamese:, (see individual verb for which translation to use)

Adjective

 * 1)  Inoperative, disabled.
 * 2)  Cancelled; not happening.
 * The party's off because the hostess is sick.
 * 1) Not fitted; not being worn.
 * Your feet will feel better once those tight boots are off.
 * The drink spilled out of the bottle because the top was off.
 * 1) Not correct; not properly formed; not logical, harmonious, etc.
 * This calculation is off: the numbers don't add up.
 * Is it right to say 'the amount of cars'? It sounds off to me.
 * The guitar isn't tuned properly. The bottom E is off.
 * 1)  Inappropriate; untoward.
 * I felt that his comments were a bit off.
 * 1) Less than normal, in temperament or in result.
 * 2)  Rancid, rotten, gone bad.
 * 3)  Disgusting, repulsive, abhorrent.
 * 4)  Circumstanced.
 * Our family used to be well off; now we're very badly off.
 * How are you off for milk? Shall I get you some more from the shop?
 * 1) Started on the way.
 * 2) Far; off to the side.
 * 3)  Presently unavailable.
 * — I'll have the chicken please.
 * — Sorry, chicken's off today.
 * 1)  On the side furthest from the kerb (the right-hand side if one drives on the left).
 * The off front wheel came loose.
 * 1)  In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.
 * 1) Started on the way.
 * 2) Far; off to the side.
 * 3)  Presently unavailable.
 * — I'll have the chicken please.
 * — Sorry, chicken's off today.
 * 1)  On the side furthest from the kerb (the right-hand side if one drives on the left).
 * The off front wheel came loose.
 * 1)  In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.
 * 1)  Presently unavailable.
 * — I'll have the chicken please.
 * — Sorry, chicken's off today.
 * 1)  On the side furthest from the kerb (the right-hand side if one drives on the left).
 * The off front wheel came loose.
 * 1)  In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.
 * — Sorry, chicken's off today.
 * 1)  On the side furthest from the kerb (the right-hand side if one drives on the left).
 * The off front wheel came loose.
 * 1)  In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.
 * 1)  In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.
 * 1)  In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.

Translations

 * Catalan:, ,
 * Finnish:, , pois päältä
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: и́склучен
 * Norwegian:, deaktivert
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, выкл.
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Catalan: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:, ,
 * Italian:, andato a male
 * Macedonian: ра́сипан
 * Norman: raccourchi
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,  ,  ,


 * Dutch: ,
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Vietnamese: ; ;, ;

Preposition

 * 1) Not positioned upon, or away from a position upon.
 * 2) Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to.
 * 3) Removed or subtracted from.
 * 4) No longer wanting or taking.
 * 5)  Out of the possession of.
 * 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
 * 1)  Under the influence of.
 * 2) As a result of.
 * The team won off a late-game fumble by an opposing player.
 * The economy is rising off the strength of the tech sector.
 * 1) Removed or subtracted from.
 * 2) No longer wanting or taking.
 * 3)  Out of the possession of.
 * 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
 * 1)  Under the influence of.
 * 2) As a result of.
 * The team won off a late-game fumble by an opposing player.
 * The economy is rising off the strength of the tech sector.
 * 1)  Out of the possession of.
 * 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
 * 1)  Under the influence of.
 * 2) As a result of.
 * The team won off a late-game fumble by an opposing player.
 * The economy is rising off the strength of the tech sector.
 * 1)  Under the influence of.
 * 2) As a result of.
 * The team won off a late-game fumble by an opposing player.
 * The economy is rising off the strength of the tech sector.
 * The team won off a late-game fumble by an opposing player.
 * The economy is rising off the strength of the tech sector.

Antonyms

 * on

Translations

 * Finnish: ,
 * French: hors-
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish: ,


 * Finnish:
 * Swedish:, ,


 * Finnish:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Finnish: ,
 * Swedish: ,


 * Finnish:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Finnish:
 * Swedish:


 * Dutch:
 * Greek:
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian: од
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * 1)  To kill.
 * 2)  To switch off.
 * 1)  To switch off.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Polish: sprzątnąć
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,  ,


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto: elŝalti
 * Finnish: panna pois, pistää pois
 * Hungarian:
 * Macedonian: исклу́чува
 * Malay:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tamil:

Noun

 * 1)  Beginning; starting point.

Etymology 1
Chiefly through, from , from , from.

Adverb

 * 1)  often, frequently

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1)  to have day off
 * 2)  to switch off; to turn off

Etymology
From Old Limburgish, from.

Conjunction

 * 1)  or
 * 2)   if, whether.
 * 3)  either ... or

Etymology
.

Adjective

 * 1) off-screen
 * 2)  off-Broadway; minor-league; small-time