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Meaning of "work off" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WORK OFF

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WORK OFF

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

WHAT DOES WORK OFF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of work off in the English dictionary

The definition of work off in the dictionary is to get rid of or dissipate, as by effort. Other definition of work off is to discharge by labour rather than payment.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WORK OFF

work area
work back
work basket
work camp
work ethic
work experience
work file
work function
work in
work of art
work on
work out
work over
work permit
work placement
work prospects
work space
work station
work surface
work through

WORDS THAT END LIKE WORK 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
spark off
suck off
tick off
turn off
walk off
whack off

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «work off» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WORK OFF

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

Translator English - Chinese

关工作
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

trabajar fuera
570 millions of speakers

English

work off
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

काम बंद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العمل خارج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отрабатывать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

trabalhar fora
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কাজ বন্ধ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

travailler à l´extérieur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kerja
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

abarbeiten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

片付ける
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

오프 작동
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bisa mati
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm việc ngoài
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

செய்து முடித்தல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कामाची सुट्टी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bitirmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lavorare fuori
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

odpracować
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відпрацьовувати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lucra în afara
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εργαστούν off
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

werk af
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

arbeta bort
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

arbeide av
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of work off

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WORK OFF»

The term «work off» is regularly used and occupies the 61.893 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WORK OFF» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WORK OFF»

Discover the use of work off in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to work off and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Tax Work-off Program: A Unique Approach to Balance the ...
The tax work-off program is the only one that does not have any of these undesirable features, and it allows senior homeowners to age productively by volunteering in their communities. In addition, while offering the tax work-off program adds ...
Archana Prakash, 2008
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Time
January 1 Off Work Work Work Off Work Work Work Off Off 2 Work Work Work Work Off Work Work Work Off Off 3 Work Work Work Work Off Work Work Work Off Off 4 Work Work Work Work Off Work Work Work Off Off february 5 Work Work Work ...
Rick Perez, 2010
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1964 United States Census of Agriculture: Guam
Virgin Islands Subject Farm operators reporting work off their farms.......... 1 to 49 days........................................ 50 to 99 ... 200 or more days.................................... Farm operators not working off their farms or not reporting as to work off their farms.
‎1967
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Thin Thighs in 30 Days
THE WORK OFF Whatever your level of fitness, here you will find proven exercises, and stretch and tone programme that packs a punch in terms of its fat-busting, muscle-toning power.
Wendy Stehling, Wendy Stehling Drumm, 2011
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United States Census of Agriculture: 1950: Counties and ...
Tabic 5. -WORK OFF FARM— NUMBER OF FARM OPERATORS REPORTING WORK OFF THE FARM, BY COLOR AND TENURE OF OPERATOR, BY ISLANDS: CENSUSES OF 1950 AND 1940 (For definitiona and explanationa aee text) ...
‎1952
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United States Census of Agriculture, 1964: Data-collection ...
Only 4 percent of these 1,407,000 wives performed any work off the farm and the hours of off-farm work by these 3 percent averaged 1 hour per week. Related persons, other than wives, in the household of the farm operator reported one- fifth ...
‎1967
7
United States Census of Agriculture, 1950: Farms, farm ...
WORK OFF FARM—'NUMBER OF FARM OPERATORS REPORTING WORK OFF THE FARM, BY COLOR AND TENURE OF OPERATOR, BY ISLANDS: CENSUSES OF 1950 AND '19401 Virgin Islands, total St. Croix St. John St. ' niomas ' ' _ ...
‎1951
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Remnants of Chʻin Law: An Annotated Translation of the Chʻin ...
merit are to be asked3 on the day the order is given.4 Those who are unable to pay5 or to refund are to work off (their obligations) as from the day the order is given. Per day they work off eight cash; those fed by the government work off six ...
Anthony François Paulus Hulsewé, 1985
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Youth at Work: The Unionized Fast-food and Grocery Workplace
It is understandable that workers in nonunionized establishments might work off- the-clock under employer pressure: These workers often have little immediate institutional protection at hand to support any resistance they might make to their  ...
Stuart Tannock, 2001
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United States census of agriculture: 1935: Part-time farming ...
"Colored" includes WORK OFF FARM, TIME GROUPS, AND OCCUPATION Total No work off farm, total... Work off farm, total 1 to 49 days 60 to 99 days 100 and over Nonagricultural, total 1 to 49 days SO to 99 days 100 and over Agricultural, ...
United States. Bureau of the Census, Warder Bryan Jenkins, Hilton E. Robison, 1937

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WORK OFF»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term work off is used in the context of the following news items.
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Paul Quinn College unveils plan to have students work off
Paul Quinn College in Dallas says it has found a way for most students to pay no more than $2,300 a year to attend the small private school — if they're willing to ... «Dallas Morning News, Feb 15»

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