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He who is without a newspaper is cut off from his species.
P. T. Barnum

Meaning of "cut off" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CUT OFF

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CUT OFF

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cut off is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb cut off in English.

WHAT DOES CUT OFF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of cut off in the English dictionary

The first definition of cut off in the dictionary is to remove by cutting. Other definition of cut off is to intercept or interrupt something, esp a telephone conversation. Cut off is also to discontinue the supply of.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CUT OFF

PRESENT

Present
I cut off
you cut off
he/she/it cuts off
we cut off
you cut off
they cut off
Present continuous
I am cutting off
you are cutting off
he/she/it is cutting off
we are cutting off
you are cutting off
they are cutting off
Present perfect
I have cut off
you have cut off
he/she/it has cut off
we have cut off
you have cut off
they have cut off
Present perfect continuous
I have been cutting off
you have been cutting off
he/she/it has been cutting off
we have been cutting off
you have been cutting off
they have been cutting off
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I cut off
you cut off
he/she/it cut off
we cut off
you cut off
they cut off
Past continuous
I was cutting off
you were cutting off
he/she/it was cutting off
we were cutting off
you were cutting off
they were cutting off
Past perfect
I had cut off
you had cut off
he/she/it had cut off
we had cut off
you had cut off
they had cut off
Past perfect continuous
I had been cutting off
you had been cutting off
he/she/it had been cutting off
we had been cutting off
you had been cutting off
they had been cutting off
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will cut off
you will cut off
he/she/it will cut off
we will cut off
you will cut off
they will cut off
Future continuous
I will be cutting off
you will be cutting off
he/she/it will be cutting off
we will be cutting off
you will be cutting off
they will be cutting off
Future perfect
I will have cut off
you will have cut off
he/she/it will have cut off
we will have cut off
you will have cut off
they will have cut off
Future perfect continuous
I will have been cutting off
you will have been cutting off
he/she/it will have been cutting off
we will have been cutting off
you will have been cutting off
they will have been cutting off
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would cut off
you would cut off
he/she/it would cut off
we would cut off
you would cut off
they would cut off
Conditional continuous
I would be cutting off
you would be cutting off
he/she/it would be cutting off
we would be cutting off
you would be cutting off
they would be cutting off
Conditional perfect
I would have cut off
you would have cut off
he/she/it would have cut off
we would have cut off
you would have cut off
they would have cut off
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been cutting off
you would have been cutting off
he/she/it would have been cutting off
we would have been cutting off
you would have been cutting off
they would have been cutting off
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you cut off
we let´s cut off
you cut off
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to cut off
Past participle
cut off
Present Participle
cutting off
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CUT OFF

cut corners
cut down
cut glass
cut in
cut it
cut it fine
cut loose
cut lunch
cut no ice
cut of someone´s jib
cut off one´s nose to spite one´s face
cut one´s eye after someone
cut one´s losses
cut one´s teeth on
cut one´s throat
cut one´s wisdom teeth
cut out
cut sheet feed
cut someone to the quick
cut string

WORDS THAT END LIKE CUT OFF

cart off
fight off
float off
get off
hit it off
hit off
let off
on and off
point off
put off
right off
set off
show off
start off
straight off
sweat off
take off
tell someone where to get off
turn off
worst off

Synonyms and antonyms of cut off in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cut off» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CUT OFF

Find out the translation of cut off to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cut off from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cut off» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

中断
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cortar
570 millions of speakers

English

cut off
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कट जाना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يَقْطَعُ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отрезать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

interromper
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিছিন্ন করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

couper
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

potong
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

abschneiden
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

切り離す
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

잘라 버리다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cut mati
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cắt đứt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெட்டி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कापला
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ayırmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tagliar via
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

odciąć
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відрізати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a tăia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποκόπτω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

afgesny
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skära av
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kappe av
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cut off

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CUT OFF»

The term «cut off» is very widely used and occupies the 14.358 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CUT OFF» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «cut off» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «cut off» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cut off

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10 QUOTES WITH «CUT OFF»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word cut off.
1
P. T. Barnum
He who is without a newspaper is cut off from his species.
2
David Ben-Gurion
Suffering makes a people greater, and we have suffered much. We had a message to give the world, but we were overwhelmed, and the message was cut off in the middle. In time there will be millions of us - becoming stronger and stronger - and we will complete the message.
3
Al Bernstein
If you want to recapture your youth, just cut off his allowance.
4
Amar Bose
But today the quickest way to save your bottom line is to cut off research.
5
Jacob Bronowski
Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a good deal of trouble in the last years. But if that is cut off, what is left will not be a scientist. And I doubt whether it will be a man.
6
Jeffrey Brown
I keep up with James Kochalka's online strip, and if I see a link somewhere or someone tells me about something, I'll look at it, but I don't usually keep up with any sites other than the 'American Elf.' I always have this feeling that there's not enough space in the screen, like everything's always getting cut off.
7
William Ellery Channing
The mind, in proportion as it is cut off from free communication with nature, with revelation, with God, with itself, loses its life, just as the body droops when debarred from the air and the cheering light from heaven.
8
Tom Chatfield
Above all, the translation of books into digital formats means the destruction of boundaries. Bound, printed texts are discrete objects: immutable, individual, lendable, cut off from the world.
9
Hugo Chavez
No part of the human community can live entirely on its own planet, with its own laws of motion and cut off from the rest of humanity.
10
Erin Cummings
My cell phone bill and my cable gets cut off all the time. Not because I don't have the money, but because I just forget to pay my bills.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CUT OFF»

Discover the use of cut off in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cut off and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
An Introduction to Cut-off Grade Estimation, Second Edition:
Cut-off grades play a key role in estimating mineral reserves that can be publicly reported. This new edition is easier to read and of greater practical interest to practitioners.
Jean-Michel Rendu, 2014
2
The Cut Off Points & Poems
Keshav Malik Has Published Eight Volumes Of Poetry, One Of Prose, And Edited Five Anthologies Of Poetry In Translation From Indian Languages Into English.
Keshav Malik, 1989
3
Cut Off!: When Illusions Survive
CUT OFF! When Illusions Surviveis a unique study of dynamics evident in every person, group and culture. This story celebrates human resourcefullness as three survivors battle to overcome the destructive sides of their personalities.
C. Descry, 2008
4
Specification for the Construction of Slurry Trench Cut-off ...
It provides a standard and consistent approach to the design, construction, testing and monitoring of cut-off walls, guidance on the appropriateness of this technique and current best practice.
Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain), 1999
5
Cut Off
Ava feels out of place in her high-achieving, confident family, and this feeling of isolation only becomes stronger when she fails to land her dream work placement.
Lynda Waterhouse, 2007
6
The Principles and Practice of Auditing
12.3.3.1. Cut-off. tests. of. sales. and. sales. returns. At the year end, substantive tests of transactions will be performed on sales, sales returns and cash receipts to obtain evidence that these aspects are accounted for in the current accounting  ...
G. Puttick, Sandy van Esch, Sandra Dawn Van Esch, 2008
7
Handbook of Clinical Rating Scales and Assessment in ...
Cut-Off Scores A YBOCS score equal to or greater than 16 is the cut-off score commonly used in therapeutic trials to identify clinically symptomatic levels of OCD (see [74]). In addition, scores from 0 to 7 are considered indicative of subclinical ...
Lee Baer, Mark A. Blais, 2009
8
How to Tackle C-SOX?: The Success Formula for the ...
Theapproval is documented by signatureon the BalanceSheet. full [ BalanceSheet] FinancialClosing and Reporting:Completeness, Cut-off, Presentation, Recording, Validity, Valuation *[IncomeStatement] Financial Closingand Reporting: ...
Anne-Katrin Straesser, 2009
9
Obesity in Childhood and Adolescence
Averaging the curves from different surveys provided the age- and sex-specific cut-off points for BMI for overweight and obesity from 2 to 18 years. These cut-off points were tabulated at exact half-year ages (table 1). The cut-off points are ...
Wieland Kiess, Claude Marcus, Martin Wabitsch, 2004
10
UV Spectroscopy: Techniques, Instrumentation and Data Handling
Measurement of stray light with any precision is difficult, but an approximate determination which is adequate for most purposes, is readily obtained by using cut-off filters. Clearly, if you insert a cut-off (ilter i.e. a filter with a very high absorbance ...
B.J. Clark, T. Frost, M.A. Russell, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CUT OFF»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cut off is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Ex-police officer Tasered, cut off hair and sexually assaulted former …
A former Czech police officer tracked down his former girlfriend in Sydney, Tasered her, cut off her hair and sexually assaulted her. A month ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
2
Ottawa 'abandoned responsibility' for cut-off reserve: Trudeau
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says the federal government has "abandoned its responsibility" to a First Nation cut off from the outside world ... «Hamilton Spectator, Jul 15»
3
Disability payments on hold after woman's bank account grows too …
The bad news is the Ontario government has cut off her support payments. Not only do they say Jennifer has too much money in the bank, the ... «Ottawa Citizen, Jul 15»
4
Greece is being cut off from parts of the internet
... or Google for Dropbox, for example, are being cut off. While iCloud gives you 5GB for free, that's often not enough to back up multiple devices ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»
5
Lafourche Deputies: Boy managed to escape after Cut Off man …
Lafourche Parish deputies say they arrested a Cut Off man after he kidnapped a boy early Sunday morning. Investigators say a 12-year-old boy ... «FOX 8 News WVUE-TV, Jul 15»
6
Three rescued after being cut off by the tide
COASTGUARDS and lifeboat crew rescued three people cut off by the tide as night fell. At 10.43pm yesterday evening, the whole Wyke Regis coastguard team ... «Dorset Echo, Jul 15»
7
Two people rescued by RNLI at Saltburn after getting cut off by the tide
Two men were rescued by the RNLI after being cut off by the tide during an evening walk. Redcar RNLI were called out at 10.14pm last night ... «Gazette Live, Jul 15»
8
Russia cuts off power supplies to Ukraine rebels
Kiev - Kiev said on Tuesday that Russia had cut off electricity to Ukraine's rebel-run regions in what appears to be another sign that Moscow is ... «News24, Jul 15»
9
Rich Are Officially Cut Off From California's Electric Vehicle Rebates
For six years California has given anyone that buys an electric vehicle in the state a $2,500 tax rebate. In theory, it's a way to boost the adoption ... «Jalopnik, Jul 15»
10
European Central Bank's Nowotny: If Greece Misses Payment …
VIENNA—The European Central Bank will be forced to cut off liquidity to Greece should the Mediterranean country miss its July 20 deadline to ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»

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