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We can even sing off key, but if it's produced properly it can be a hit.
Grandmaster Flash

Meaning of "off key" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OFF KEY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OFF KEY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Off key can act as an adjective and an adverb.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

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

WHAT DOES OFF KEY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Off-key

Off-key is musical content that is not at the expected frequency or pitch period, either with respect to some absolute reference frequency, or in a ratiometric sense, or pitch intervals not well-defined in the ratio of small whole numbers. The term may also refer to a person or situation being out of step with what is considered normal or appropriate.

Definition of off key in the English dictionary

The first definition of off key in the dictionary is not in the correct key. Other definition of off key is out of tune. Off key is also out of keeping; discordant.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OFF KEY

off air
off and on
off base
off beam
off break
off camera
off chance
off colour
off day
off duty
off label
off limits
off message
off on one
off one´s game
off one´s guard
off one´s hands
off one´s head
off one´s nana
off one´s nut

WORDS THAT END LIKE OFF KEY

Allen key
backspace key
command key
control key
dichotomous key
escape key
function key
hash key
hot key
ignition key
major key
master key
minor key
on key
return key
shift key
skeleton key
tab key
USB key
Woodruff key

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «off key» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OFF KEY

Find out the translation of off key to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of off key 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 key» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

关机键
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fuera de tono
570 millions of speakers

English

off key
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कुंजी बंद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قبالة الرئيسية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

от ключа
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

off-chave
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বন্ধ কী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

oFF
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Off key
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

aus-Taste
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

キーオフ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

키 오프
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mati kunci
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tắt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆஃப் முக்கிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बंद की
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kapalı anahtar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

off chiave
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

od klucza
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

від ключа
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

off -cheie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απενεργοποίησης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

af sleutel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

av-knapp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

av-tast
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of off key

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OFF KEY»

The term «off key» is regularly used and occupies the 86.375 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OFF KEY» OVER TIME

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

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QUOTES WITH «OFF KEY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word off key.
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Grandmaster Flash
We can even sing off key, but if it's produced properly it can be a hit.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OFF KEY»

Discover the use of off key in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to off key and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Off Key : When Film and Music Won't Work Together: When Film ...
Based on a fascinating and wide-ranging body of film-music mismatches, and using contemporary reviews and histories of the turn to post-industrialization, the book expands the ways in which the union of the film and music businesses can be ...
Department of Media and Communications Goldsmiths College Kay Dickinson Lecturer, University of London, 2008
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Jazz Off-Key
When Jazz gets her big break---her own one-woman art show for Big Lake’s Spring Fling celebration---she’s ecstatic...until Kendra, her special needs sister, ruins her paintings by trying to make them happier and more colorful.
Dandi Daley Mackall, 2009
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Coming from an Off-Key Time: A Novel
" In his apocalyptic novel Coming from an Off-Key Time, Bogdan Suceava˘ satirizes the events in his native Romania since the violent end of the Ceaus¸escu regime that fateful year.
Bogdan Suceava, 2011
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Off Key: Harmonizing the Praise and Worship Debate
The older generation thinks they have been forgotten. The younger generation feels the need for a change. All Christians can find their voice in "Off Key: Harmonizing the Praise and Worship Debate."
Kenneth McGee, 2009
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Music for the Off-Key: Twelve Macabre Short Stories
This collection meticulously and insightfully observes West London's black communities—from patterns of speech, fashions, and pleasures to the pressures of racism and exclusion they seek to escape.
Courttia Newland, 2006
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Off Key:
Charlotte has supported Kyle's precarious musical career for three years.
Mark Robertson, 2014
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Congressional Serial Set
18 TO JUNE 2 AND JULY 2 AND 3, 1898. Captain, U. S. Navy, and bearing the flag of Commodore Schley, at anchor off Key Went, Fla. , May 18th, 1898. Record of the miscellaneous events of the day. Commences and until 4 A. M. Clear and ...
‎1902
8
House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: ...
Triumph reef, off Sand's cut; few feet; rocky. 6. Long reef, off Elliott's key; rocky; few feet. 7. Ajax reef, off Cassar's creek; few feet; rocky. 8. Pacific reef, off Ccesar's creek; few feet; rocky. 9. Long shoals; off Key Largo, north piint; few feet; sandy.
United States. Congress. House
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Bulletin of the United States National Museum
Off Key Vaccas; depth, 10 feet. 808. Var. hirsuta. Metacoinbe Channel; depth, 8 feet. 785. Var. alba. Florida. 792. Var. alba. Florida. 833. Var. alba. North of Cedar Keys ; depth, 18 feet. 806. Var. porosa. Off Niggerhead Key; depth, 12 feet.
‎1884
10
Descriptive Catalogues of the Collections Sent from the ...
Off Key Vaccas ; depth, 10 feet. 808. Var. hirsute. Metacombe Channel; depth, 8 feet. 785. Var. alba. Florida. 792. Var. alba. Florida. 833. Var. alba. North of Cedar Keys ; depth, 18 feet. 800. Var. porosa. Off Niggerhead Key ; depth, 12 feet.
United States. Commissioner to the International Fisheries Exhibition, London, 1883, George Brown Goode, 1884

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OFF KEY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term off key is used in the context of the following news items.
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Historic oil meeting in Cuba set for October
This is the Scarabeo9, the rig that drilled for oil off Key West in 2012 and 2013. WIKIMEDIA. A first-of-its kind oil summit in Cuba organized by ... «Florida Keys Keynoter, Jul 15»
2
South Florida afloat in odd artificial reefs – and more on way
Also resting on the ocean floor are a Rolls-Royce off Riviera Beach, a Boeing 727 airliner off Key Biscayne, cremated human remains mixed ... «Sun Sentinel, Jul 15»
3
Summer fishing doesn't disappoint, no matter the species sought
Big black grouper are being caught on the patch reefs off Key Largo. This was caught on Capt. Mike Makowski’s Blackfoot Charters flats ... «KeysNet, Jul 15»
4
Arsenal Transfer News: Benzema, Llorente, Berahino, Aubameyang …
... not ruling out further arrivals, the stability of his squad, and no longer being compelled to sell off key players, is now their biggest strength. «International Business Times, Jul 15»
5
Luke Tarrant's winning ride from homeless stable boy to top jockey
... detail, he says, that could cause key horse owners across Australia to pull him off key rides — but, he says, “I was just with the wrong crowd.”. «The Australian, Jul 15»
6
Florida Keys are a paradise for birders
... State Park, Long Key State Park and Dry Tortugas National Park, a remote birders' paradise 70 miles off Key West in the Gulf of Mexico. «Palm Beach Post, Jul 15»
7
Trapped Within Burning Machinery – The Filth Element
A regrettable failing of this is, at times, he does fall off key when he is just singing. A key example of this is on “Korben Dallas,” where he sings ... «mxdwn.com, Jul 15»
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Innovative “New” Quantum Key West Race Week
J/70s sailing off Key West, FL at Race Week Cost has become a concern for some of the amateur programs that were a staple of Key West ... «J/Sailing News, Jul 15»
9
Incoming VFW Commander Hits Trump Over McCain Comments
... in his aircraft and then taken prisoner and tortured is not a hero," Biedrzycki said. "I think Trump is a little off key. He's a little misguided there.". «Military.com, Jul 15»
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Cocaine Residue Found on DJ Laz's Boat After Fatal Nixon Sandbar …
Like dozens of others he had come to the Nixon Sandbar, off Key Biscayne, to spend the day on the water; when he saw the boat operated by ... «Miami New Times, Jul 15»

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