off

Meanings

1. 1
   noun (usually in phrases such as 'from the off', 'at the off', etc.) Beginning; starting point.
2. 2
   verb To kill.
3. 3
   verb To switch off.
4. 4
   adjective Inoperative, disabled.
5. 5
   adjective Cancelled; not happening.
6. 6
   adjective Not fitted; not being worn.
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   adjective Rancid, rotten, gone bad.
8. 8
   adjective Less than normal, in temperament or in result.
9. 9
   adjective Inappropriate; untoward.
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    adjective (in phrases such as 'well off', 'better off', 'poorly off') Circumstanced.
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    adjective Started on the way.
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    adjective Far; off to the side.
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    adjective Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from a post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent.
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    adjective (in phrases such as 'off day') Designating a time when one is not performing to the best of one's abilities.
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    adjective (of a dish on a menu) Presently unavailable.
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    adjective (in relation to a vehicle) On the side furthest from the kerb (the right-hand side if one drives on the left).
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    adjective 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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    adverb In a direction away from the speaker or object.
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    adverb Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
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    adverb So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.
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    adverb Used in various other ways specific to individual idiomatic phrases, e.g. bring off, show off, put off, tell off, etc. See the entry for the individual phrase.
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    preposition Not positioned upon; away from a position upon.
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    preposition Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to.
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    preposition Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via.
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    preposition Used to express location at sea relative to land or mainland.
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    preposition Removed or subtracted from.
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    preposition No longer wanting or taking.
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    preposition (more properly 'from') Out of the possession of.
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    preposition Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering.