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Meaning of "spark off" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SPARK OFF

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPARK OFF

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Spark off is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES SPARK OFF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of spark off in the English dictionary

The definition of spark off in the dictionary is to bring into being or action; activate or initiate.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPARK OFF

spark
spark chamber
spark coil
spark erosion
spark gap
spark plug
spark transmitter
sparker
sparkie
sparkier
sparkiest
sparkily
sparking plug
sparkishly
sparkle
sparkler
sparkless
sparklessly
sparklet
sparkling

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPARK OFF

back off
book off
break off
check off
chuck off
clock off
fuck off
hack off
jerk off
kick off
knock off
on and off
pick off
rack off
suck off
tick off
turn off
walk off
whack off
work off

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «spark off» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPARK OFF

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

Translator English - Chinese

引发关
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desencadenar
570 millions of speakers

English

spark off
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बंद चिंगारी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يفجر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

разжечь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desencadear
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সক্রিয় করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

déclencher
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Percikan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

auslösen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

オフスパーク
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

오프 불꽃
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyemprotake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gây ra
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தூண்டிவிடும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बंद करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kıvılcım çıkarmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

innescare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rozpętać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

розпалити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

declanșa
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πυροδοτήσει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ontketen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

utlösa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gnist av
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of spark off

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPARK OFF»

The term «spark off» is regularly used and occupies the 74.072 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPARK OFF» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «spark off» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «spark 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 spark off

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPARK OFF»

Discover the use of spark off in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spark off and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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New Scientist
Will the plasma torch spark off a revolution in car ignition? "What lovely birthday presents'. Two rolls of Cosywrap, a box. The age-old spark plug used to ignite the air/fuel mixture in a motor car engine may one day be replaced by a plasma ...
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Intelligent Energy Field Manufacturing: Interdisciplinary ...
Increasing spark-on time will produce a larger crater, higher MRR, and roughness as more energy is discharged with longer spark-on time. Spark off- time The time during which the plasma channel collapses and molten material is removed.
Wenwu Zhang, 2010
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Heinemann English Dictionary
Phrase spark off The speech sparked off a riot (= started). sparkle verb to send out or shine with sparks or little gleams of light. Figurative The hostess sparkled with wit (= was brilliant). • sparkle noun a small spark or gleam. Figurative She was ...
‎2001
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The Chambers Dictionary
make sparks fly to cause or arouse sudden anger: spark off see spark (vl) above; spark out (slang) to fall asleep; to pass out; to die i ,i,/.' sparked out). [OE spxrca. spearca: Du .spark] sparke spark. (Spenser) n a weapon of some kind, perhaps ...
Allied Chambers, 1998
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Fortune's Whirlwind
Spark off; gas on,” the mechanic droned laconically as he stood near the starboard propeller behind the Model E. Harriet checked her controls. “Spark off; gas on.” The mechanic turned the propeller a quarter spin, drawing fuel into the cylinder ...
Richard Dickeson, 2004
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Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry
... into the ICP. Differences in the instrumentation used by the various groups, particularly in the spark source area, make direct comparisons of the operating conditions difficult. However, the method of constructing bum-off or spark-off curves, ...
Akbar Montaser, 1998
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Metaphor:A Practical Introduction
In this set of examples, we have idioms that are related to various aspects of the phenomenon of fire, including its beginning (spark off), its end (snuffout), how it makes use of an energy source (burn the candle at both ends), how it can be ...
Zoltan Kovecses, 2002
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Boiler Operator's Handbook
In those cases electric arcs form where the electricity just flows through the air, just like the static spark off your finger traveling to the doorknob. Those two natural examples imply that a circuit doesn't have to be like a circle (so the electrons can ...
Kenneth E. Heselton, 2005
9
Building Your Happiness Well
It may be that it's a one may be that it's a one may be that it's a one may be that it's a one-off, or it can be the spark off, or it can be the spark off, or it can be the spark off, or it can be the spark to retoretoretore-enenenenergise a hobby once ...
Frog
10
Advanced Manufacturing Technologies: Proceedings of ...
For our analysis, Spark on-time-ON (A), Spark off-time-OFF (B), Wire Tension- WT (C) and Wire Feed-WF (D) are considered as controlling factors. The Surface Roughness (Ra) and Metal Removal Rate (MRR) are obtained as responses ...
‎2007

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPARK OFF»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term spark off is used in the context of the following news items.
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Austin Rivers provides spark off Clippers' bench
SAN ANTONIO — Getting Austin Rivers in a trade earlier this season came with a unique fringe benefit, and some might even suggest an uncomfortable one. «NBA.com, Apr 15»
2
Energy solution: Tucker gives Utes spark off bench
“He gives us a little spark off the bench, which I think every team needs — a guy that's going to give you a lift,” Krystkowiak said. “He certainly provides energy on ... «Deseret News, Mar 15»
3
New Chevrolet Spark EV Surprises with Powerful Torque and Road …
The 130 horsepower Spark boasts 400 lb.-ft. of torque that will leave conventional ICE cars of its size in the dust. We could not take the Spark off-site because it ... «Triple Pundit, Nov 12»

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