off adj

1 not in operation or operational; "the oven is off"; "the lights are off" [ant: on]

2 below a satisfactory level; "an off year for tennis"; "his performance was off"

3 (of events) no longer planned or scheduled; "the wedding is definitely off" [syn: cancelled] [ant: on]

4 in an unpalatable state; "sour milk" [syn: sour, turned]

5 not performing or scheduled for duties; "He's off every Tuesday"; "he was off duty when it happened"; "an off-duty policeman" [syn: off(p), off duty(p), off-duty(a)] adv

1 from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"; "went off to school"; "they drove off"; "go forth and preach" [syn: away, forth]

2 at a distance in space or time; "the boat was 5 miles off (or away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)"; "away back in the 18th century" [syn: away]

3 no longer on or in contact or attached; "clean off the dirt"; "he shaved off his mustache" [also: offer]

English

Pronunciation

• a UK /ɒf/, /Qf/
• a US /ɔf/|/ɑf/, /Of/|/Af/

• Rhymes: -ɒf

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

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.)

Synonyms

• away, out

Antonyms

• on, in

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

Translations

• Dutch: af, uit
• Norwegian: av
• Swedish av, iväg, ifrån, från (1), av (2)
• Vietnamese: đi, ra (see individual verb for which translation to use)

Adjective

off

1. inoperative, disabled

   All the lights are off.

2. rotten

   This milk is off!

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

Antonyms

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

Translations

• Catalan: (2) fet malbé
• Dutch: uit (1), bedorven (2)
• Finnish: pois (1), pois päältä (1)
• French: (1): éteint , éteinte
• German: (2): schlecht, verdorben
• Italian: (1): spento , spenta
• Norwegian: av
• Spanish:
• * (1): cerrado , cerrada , apagado , apagada
• Vietnamese:
• * (1): (đã) tắt
• * (2): ôi; hôi, thối (stinky); chua (used to describe milk)

Preposition

off

1. from

   I got it off the internet.

   This song is off their second album.

Verb

1. to murder

   He got in the way so I had him offed.

2. (Singapore) to switch off

   Can you off the light?

Derived terms

off-licence, off-license, offie, offy

Off or OFF may refer to:

• Off (state), one of two possible states for a binary switch
• Off side, one half of the cricket field
• Off (album), an album by Ciwan Haco
• OFF!, an insect repellent
• Owner free filing system, a P2P-network which breaks up files into blocks

See also

• Offland
• Offside

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