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I've always known my dad is a one-off and his own person. But I feel that underneath he has always loved me.
Alfie Allen

Meaning of "one-off" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ONE-OFF

See off (sense 15).
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ONE-OFF

one-off play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ONE-OFF

noun
adjective
verb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
One-Off is 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.

WHAT DOES ONE-OFF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

One-off

A one-off is something made or occurring only once, independent of any pattern. First used in 1934, this term is employed to differentiate singular items from those in a series: e.g. "the Lincoln Futura was a one-off". It has been suggested that it is a misspelling of "one-of", but this etymology is not supported by sources such as the Oxford English Dictionary.

Definition of one-off in the English dictionary

The definition of one-off in the dictionary is something that is carried out or made only once.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ONE-OFF

one-hundred share index
one-legged
one-line
one-liner
one-man
one-man band
one-man show
one-many
one-night stand
one-of-a-kind
one-on-one
one-one
one-owner
one-parent family
one-party system
one-piece
one-reeler
one-room apartment
one-room flat
one-roomed apartment

WORDS THAT END LIKE ONE-OFF

cut-off
die-off
drive-off
drop-off
face-off
kick-off
on-off
play-off
pull-off
rake-off
roll-on-roll-off
roll-on/roll-off
set-off
show-off
showing-off
spin-off
stop-off
trade-off
turn-off
write-off

Synonyms and antonyms of one-off in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «one-off» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ONE-OFF

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

Translator English - Chinese

一次性事物
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

único
570 millions of speakers

English

one-off
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एक बंद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مَرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

разовое событие
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

exemplar único
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এককালীন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cas unique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Satu kali
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

einmalig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

一回限りのこと
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

1회성의 것
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Siji-mati
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

việc chỉ xảy ra một lần
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒரு தடவை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एक बंद
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bir defaya mahsus
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

esemplare unico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wyjątek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

одноразовий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

unicat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μοναδικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

een -off
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

engångsföreteelse
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

engangstilfelle
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of one-off

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ONE-OFF»

The term «one-off» is very widely used and occupies the 22.176 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ONE-OFF» OVER TIME

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

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3 QUOTES WITH «ONE-OFF»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word one-off.
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Alfie Allen
I've always known my dad is a one-off and his own person. But I feel that underneath he has always loved me.
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Brandon T. Jackson
I'm trying to build a brand. I'm not just doing one-off projects.
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Gregory Maguire
When I began 'Wicked', I really thought of it entirely as a one-off, as the English say. There was no intention that there should ever be a follow up, because the subtitle was 'The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West'. She was dead and gone, as the book says, at the end.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ONE-OFF»

Discover the use of one-off in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to one-off and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Learning JavaScript: Add Sparkle and Life to Your Web Pages
Sometimes, though, all you want is just one object, an instance of what I call the one-off object. Why one-off? Because you have only one instance of the object— the object itself. You construct a one-off object from a JavaScript object literal, ...
Shelley Powers, 2008
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Installing, Upgrading and Maintaining Oracle E-Business ...
Individual or One-off Patch A "one-off" patch provides a single fix or enhancement . One-off patches are not always practical or even possible if the change affects multiple product areas. One-off patches are not regression tested, so they carry ...
Barbara Matthews, John Stouffer, Karen Brownfield, 2007
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Australian Income Tax Legislation 2011: Income Tax ...
Part 2-15 — Non-assessable income (a) pension bonus and pension bonus bereavement payment; or (aa) (ab) (b) one-off payment to the aged; or (ba) (baa) (bab) (bb) child disability assistance; or carer supplement; or 2006 one-off payment ...
Australia, Cch, 2011
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Strategic Management of Innovation and Design
Is the organization actually targeting a one-off innovation, or is this an analytical bias, with the analyst isolating a single element in what is actually a far longer process of action? The second hypothesis seems to be true today in cases where  ...
Pascal Le Masson, Benoît Weil, Armand Hatchuel, 2010
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Sector Treasury Services and Butlers: A Report on the ...
We found that only 22 per cent of local authorities that responded to our questionnaire had one-off TMA contracts. We further found that 79 per cent of those local authorities obtained their one-off TMA services from their existing provider of ...
Great Britain: Competition Commission, 2012
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The State of the Public Service
Performance-related pay in selected OECD countries with PRP systems in place Maximum proportion of basic salary that PRP represents PRP scheme PRP scope Australia n.a. One-off bonuses and merit increment For most government ...
OECD, 2008
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Progress on Cryptography: 25 Years of Cryptography in China
In fact, in one-off blind public key, it signs on the part of the blind public key at the latest, the user's blind public key is generated temporarily when it will be used, and the one-off blind public key is different every time. 5.2 The check on one-off ...
Kefei Chen, Guozhen Xiao, 2004
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Graphic Products
One-off. production. Custom-made vinyl graphics Aim To understand the processes involved in. In a northem Thailand village, a silversmith uses a mould made from buffalo hom to make the pieces for a silver head-dress The noted Swiss ...
Jon Attwood, 2002
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Three On, One Off
"When three workmates meet the new safety officer, their lives will never be the same.
Lucy Eyre, 2009
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Mastering Search Analytics: Measuring SEO, SEM and Site Search
You will often find you are doing one-off reports when you are optimizing specific pages. However, this does not always have to be the case. You may be able to formalize your one-off report into a simple dashboard. You will find that there are  ...
Brent Chaters, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ONE-OFF»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term one-off is used in the context of the following news items.
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Dodge Previews One-off 805hp Challenger SRT Hellcat X
Dubbed Hellcat X, the one-off model is a tribute to the experimental turbocharged and supercharged XF6F Hellcat airplane that was designed ... «Dispatch Times, Jul 15»
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One-Off Ferrari with an Incredible History May Pull $16 Million at …
A million dollars for a car is insane. Yet, we continuously see classic Ferraris pull in more than 5 to 10 times that at auction, and this one-off ... «Car and Driver, Jul 15»
3
Night Noodle Markets cockroach a one-off: organisers
Night Noodle Markets cockroach a one-off: organisers. Date: July 24, 2015 - 9:29AM. (29); Read later. submit to reddit · Email article · Print. More than 25 food ... «Brisbane Times, Jul 15»
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N.W.A to reunite for one-off tour
GET excited music fans as rap legends N.W.A have may be reuniting for a European tour. By Adam Mohamed / Published 23rd July 2015. «Daily Star, Jul 15»
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One-off Nissan Maxima convertible with suicide doors fails to sell on …
Overall, it seems to be a pretty decent conversion, but the one-off Maxima failed to sell on eBay as the reserve was not met, even though there no less than 30 ... «WorldCarFans.com, Jul 15»
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Discovery marks 30 years with one-off Italian channel
Discovery Italia has announced that it will celebrate the 30th anniversary of Discovery Channel's launch with a special one-off channel, dubbed ... «Telecompaper, Jul 15»
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Laura Marling announces one-off London show, on sale today
Laura Marling has announced a one-off gig at London's The Forum in September. Tickets are on sale today (22 July). The singer released her ... «Gigwise, Jul 15»
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One-off Audi RS3 Sportback gets carbon-fibre wheels
This really does look truly unique. Audi Forum Ingolstadt (AFI) has unveiled a real one-off Audi RS3 Sportback equipped with a range of ... «Paul Tan's Automotive News, Jul 15»
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Rolls-Royce unveils a one-off Wraith inspired by the Inspector Morse …
Rolls-Royce has unveiled a one-off Wraith inspired by the "cult British detective TV series" Inspector Morse. While the show actually featured a Jaguar, the ... «WorldCarFans.com, Jul 15»
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Emirates flies 'one-off' A380 to Taiwan
The move follows a one-off A380 proving flight to Doha last week (see news, July 14), and to Glasgow and Tehran last year (see news, ... «Business Traveller, Jul 15»

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