noun Download 🔗Share (usually in phrases such as 'from the off', 'at the off', etc.) Beginning; starting point. Examples : "He has been very obviously an untrustworthy narrator right from the off." point time essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To kill. Examples : "He got in the way so I had him offed." action military war weapon police inhuman essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To switch off. Examples : "Can you off the light?" electronics device essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Inoperative, disabled. Examples : "All the lights are off." technology electronics machine device essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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adjective Download 🔗Share Inappropriate; untoward. Examples : "I felt that his comments were a bit off." moral attitude character essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (in phrases such as 'well off', 'better off', 'poorly off') Circumstanced. Examples : "My grandmother is well off, so she can afford to help her grandchildren with college tuition. " condition situation economy finance essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Started on the way. Examples : "The train is off to the station, so we're going to be late for school. " direction action vehicle essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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adjective Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "He took an off day for fishing. an off year in politics; the off season" time business job attitude work essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (in phrases such as 'off day') Designating a time when one is not performing to the best of one's abilities. Examples : "My sister had an off day at school today; she didn't do as well on her math test as usual. " ability condition time essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (of a dish on a menu) Presently unavailable. Examples : "The spaghetti carbonara is off the menu today. " food essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (in relation to a vehicle) On the side furthest from the kerb (the right-hand side if one drives on the left). Examples : "The off front wheel came loose." vehicle direction position essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman. Examples : "The batter hit the ball off the field, far to the right. " sport direction position essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adverb Download 🔗Share In a direction away from the speaker or object. Examples : "He drove off in a cloud of smoke." direction position essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adverb Download 🔗Share Into a state of non-operation or non-existence. Examples : "Please switch off the light when you leave." condition state essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adverb Download 🔗Share So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated. Examples : "He bit off the end of the carrot." position direction essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adverb Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The student tried to bring off a difficult project. " language linguistics word phrase essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
preposition Download 🔗Share Not positioned upon; away from a position upon. Examples : "The book was off the desk, on the floor. " position direction essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
preposition Download 🔗Share Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to. Examples : "He was thrown off the team for cheating." position condition state essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
preposition Download 🔗Share Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via. Examples : "His office is off this corridor on the right." direction position place essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
preposition Download 🔗Share Used to express location at sea relative to land or mainland. Examples : "The island is 23 miles off the cape." nautical sailing ocean essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
preposition Download 🔗Share Removed or subtracted from. Examples : "The teacher took five points off my test score for late submission. " amount number essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
preposition Download 🔗Share No longer wanting or taking. Examples : "My sister is off studying at the library; she's no longer wanting to spend time with us. " attitude human mind essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
preposition Download 🔗Share (more properly 'from') Out of the possession of. Examples : "My mother took the book off my desk. " property asset essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
preposition Download 🔗Share Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering. Examples : "The store is selling packs of pencils, ten pencils off. " commerce technical unit number business industry essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading