Meaning of "off" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD OFF

Originally variant of of; fully distinguished from it in the 17th century.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF OFF

off  [ɒf]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OFF

Off is a verb and can also act as a noun, an adjective, an adverb and a preposition.

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 adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

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

See the conjugation of the verb off in English.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

The preposition is an invariable grammatical category, that has no meaning itself and which serves to link or relate terms.

WHAT DOES OFF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Off

Off or OFF may refer to: ▪ Off!, American hardcore punk band ▪ OFF, pseudonym for German DJ and singer Sven Väth ▪ Off, by Ciwan Haco ▪ OFF!, an insect repellent ▪ Off side, one half of a cricket field ▪ Open Font Format ▪ OFF, a file format for polygon meshes ▪ Owner-Free File System, a P2P network which breaks up files into blocks ▪ Oil-for-Food Programme, the United Nations arrangement with Iraq from 1995 to 2003 ▪ Our Favorite Family, a nickname for the eponymous family in the animated television series The Simpsons...

Definition of off in the English dictionary

The first definition of off in the dictionary is used to indicate actions in which contact is absent or rendered absent, as between an object and a surface. Other definition of off is used to indicate the removal of something that is or has been appended to or in association with something else. Off is also out of alignment with.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO OFF

PRESENT

Present

I off

you off

he/she/it offs

we off

you off

they off

Present continuous

I am offing

you are offing

he/she/it is offing

we are offing

you are offing

they are offing

Present perfect

I have offed

you have offed

he/she/it has offed

we have offed

you have offed

they have offed

Present perfect continuous

I have been offing

you have been offing

he/she/it has been offing

we have been offing

you have been offing

they have been offing

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 offed

you offed

he/she/it offed

we offed

you offed

they offed

Past continuous

I was offing

you were offing

he/she/it was offing

we were offing

you were offing

they were offing

Past perfect

I had offed

you had offed

he/she/it had offed

we had offed

you had offed

they had offed

Past perfect continuous

I had been offing

you had been offing

he/she/it had been offing

we had been offing

you had been offing

they had been offing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will off

you will off

he/she/it will off

we will off

you will off

they will off

Future continuous

I will be offing

you will be offing

he/she/it will be offing

we will be offing

you will be offing

they will be offing

Future perfect

I will have offed

you will have offed

he/she/it will have offed

we will have offed

you will have offed

they will have offed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been offing

you will have been offing

he/she/it will have been offing

we will have been offing

you will have been offing

they will have been offing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would off

you would off

he/she/it would off

we would off

you would off

they would off

Conditional continuous

I would be offing

you would be offing

he/she/it would be offing

we would be offing

you would be offing

they would be offing

Conditional perfect

I would have off

you would have off

he/she/it would have off

we would have off

you would have off

they would have off

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been offing

you would have been offing

he/she/it would have been offing

we would have been offing

you would have been offing

they would have been offing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you off
we let´s off
you off

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to off

Past participle

offed

Present Participle

offing

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.

SYNONYMS OF «OFF»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «off» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of off

abandoned · absent · apart · aside · away · bad · below par · cancelled · decayed · decomposed · disappointing · disheartening · displeasing · elsewhere · gone · hence · high · inadequate · inoperative · mortifying · mouldy · out · poor · putrid · rancid · rotten · second-rate · shoddy · sour · spoiled · substandard · unacceptable · unavailable · unsatisfactory

TRANSLATION OF OFF

Find out the translation of off to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of 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 «off» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 离开
• Translator English - Spanish: fuera
• English: off
• Translator English - Hindi: बंद
• Translator English - Arabic: بعيدا
• Translator English - Russian: выключенный
• Translator English - Portuguese: desligado
• Translator English - Bengali: বন্ধ
• Translator English - French: hors tension
• Translator English - Malay: Off
• Translator English - German: entfernt
• Translator English - Japanese: 切れて
• Translator English - Korean: 꺼진
• Translator English - Javanese: Mati
• Translator English - Vietnamese: tắt
• Translator English - Tamil: ஆஃப்
• Translator English - Marathi: बंद
• Translator English - Turkish: kapalı
• Translator English - Italian: spento
• Translator English - Polish: precz
• Translator English - Ukrainian: вимкнений
• Translator English - Romanian: stins
• Translator English - Greek: κλειστός
• Translator English - Afrikaans: af
• Translator English - Swedish: av
• Translator English - Norwegian: bort

10 QUOTES WITH «OFF»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word off.

1

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

I wanted to wash off the experience of Africa but obviously I couldn't because that's who I was.

2

Gillian Anderson

It's so funny, because right now I'm very tired and my brains a little dead, I tend to get very focused and serious. So, I'm probably coming off a lot more like Scully right now.

3

Marliece Andrada

I hate clothes. As soon as I get home every day, I take off as many clothes as possible.

4

Joel A. Barker

The invention of the micro-loan was a big surprise to me. Who would have guessed loans of less than $20 made to poor people in undeveloped countries could create thriving local economies? And, even more surprisingly, that they more reliably pay off their debts than the wealthy of the world.

5

Mika Brzezinski

I don't want to impose rules on people, but you have only a short window, and you're sorely mistaken if you think you can put off having a family. It's very hard to find a good man, and it's never a 'good time' to have a baby if you have a career.

6

Wilt Chamberlain

And I remember leaving my place in L.A. and - my father is a big fight fan - and I said, 'Dad, I got a couple of days off and I'm getting ready to go to Houston to sign to fight Muhammad Ali.

7

Cara Delevingne

The energy you give off is the energy you receive. I really think that, so I'm always myself - jumping, dancing, singing around, trying to cheer everybody up.

8

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

I don't like discussing cricket off the field.

9

Garth Ennis

Most regular superhero books are designed to go on forever; of course, very few of them do, but the point is they are trying to throw mud against the wall and hope it will stick, and most of it slides off.

10

Will Ferrell

When I was ten, I wrote an essay on what I would be when I grew up and said I would be a professional soccer player and a comedian in off season.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OFF»

Discover the use of off in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to off and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir

A Taiwanese-American rebel restaurateur chronicles his rise to success from his difficult childhood in the American South to his turn as a drug dealer who embraced rap culture and more.

Eddie Huang, 2013

Off the Record: The Private Papers of Harry S. Truman

This book contains the private papers of Harry S. Truman, in and out of the White House, beginning in 1945 and ending in November 1971, when only a few months of life remained and the retired president's days had become so constricted that ...

Harry S. Truman, Robert H. Ferrell, 1997

One Year Off: Leaving it All Behind for a Round-the-world ...

Chronicles a year-long journey by the author, his wife, and their three children around the world, providing photographs of their journey and tales of their adventures along the way.

David Elliot Cohen, 2001

Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor

In this revelatory book, Sudhir Venkatesh takes us into Maquis Park, a poor black neighborhood on Chicago's Southside, to explore the desperate and remarkable ways in which a community survives.

Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh, 2009

Better Off Dead: The Evolution of the Zombie as Post-human

This collection seeks to provide an archaeology of the zombietracing its lineage from Haiti, mapping its various cultural transformations, and suggesting the post-humanist direction in which the zombie is ultimately heading.

Deborah Christie, Sarah Juliet Lauro, 2011

Head Off & Split: Poems

This is poetry to give thanks for."---Meena Alexander, author of Quickly Changing River "No one opens a vein on the page with a sharper and more nuanced gathered set of senses than Nikky Finney.

Nikky Finney, 2011

Acting: Onstage and Off

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Robert Barton, 2011

Noises Off

In the end, at the disastrous final performance, the two plots can be kept separate no longer, and coalesce into a single collective nervous breakdown. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Michael Frayn, 2008

Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings: Madea's ...

The author's alter ego, the outspoken, worldly wise grandmother Madea, shares her thoughts on life, love, and everyone around her, reflecting on marriage, child-rearing, etiquette, the Bible and the church, beauty advice, and gun care.

Tyler Perry, 2007

Off the Grid: Inside the Movement for More Space, Less ...

Inside the subculture of off-grid living Written by a leading authority on living off the grid, this is a fascinating and timely look at one of the fastest growing movements in America.

Nick Rosen, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OFF»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term off is used in the context of the following news items.

Diver killed in shark attack off Tasmania's Maria Island

The attack happened on Saturday morning at Lachlan Point off Maria Island, where there were reported sightings of a four-and-a-half metre ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

Johnson Controls to spin off $22-billion auto division

Johnson Controls said Friday that it will spin off its $22-billion automotive seating and interiors business into a separate company sometime ... «Detroit Free Press, Jul 15»

ESPN Pulls Colin Cowherd Off Air For Good After Comments On …

Eight days after the company said its popular radio host and sometimes TV guy was leaving its ranks, ESPN has yanked him off its airwaves ... «Deadline, Jul 15»

Swarms of mayflies plowed off bridge in Iowa

Snow plows hit the streets of Sabula, Iowa, a little early this year, but they weren't deployed to clear snow. Instead, emergency crews plowed ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»

Dallas Rescuers and Good Samaritans Lift Car Off Trapped Crash …

Incredible new video shows Dallas police officers, firefighters and Good Samaritans rushing to lift a car off a woman who was trapped ... «People Magazine, Jul 15»

Doctor's decades-long quest for malaria vaccine pays off

Health officials in Europe approved the world's first vaccine for malaria on Friday. The ancient scourge spread by mosquitoes sickened nearly ... «CBS News, Jul 15»

Powerful Pulsar Knocks Star's Block Off

A super-dense spinning star punched a hole right through its stellar neighbor, knocking off a giant cloud of dust and ejecting it away at nearly ... «Space.com, Jul 15»

Fabricio Werdum: I need time off, let four other guys fight for UFC title …

For Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweight titleholder Fabricio Werdum, capturing the strap from former ruler Cain Velasquez in ... «MMAmania.com, Jul 15»

YouTube vlogger admits he is lucky to be alive after jumping off …

A video blogger on YouTube says he is lucky to be alive after agreeing to jump off Tower Bridge for dare to try to help him get over his fear of ... «The Independent, Jul 15»

Prosecutor Paid Off Student Loan Debt With Funds Seized From …

In one particularly brazen example, an unnamed Oklahoma assistant district attorney used $5,000 from a forfeiture fund to pay off their student ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»