Meaning

1 senses

  1. (uncountable, usually)Beginning; starting point.

    He has been very obviously an untrustworthy narrator right from the off.

Examples

12925 sentences

  1. An apple fell off the tree.

    З яблуні впало яблуко.

    ruС дерева упало яблоко.

    deEin Apfel fiel vom Baum.

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  2. Can I turn off the TV?

    Можна я вимкну телевізор?

    ruМожно мне выключить телевизор?

    deKann ich den Fernseher ausmachen?

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  3. Start reading where you left off.

    Починай читати там, де ти зупинився.

    ruНачни читать с того места, где остановился.

    deFang dort an zu lesen, wo du aufgehört hast.

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  4. Did you turn off the gas?

    Ти вимкнув газ?

    ruТы выключил газ?

    deHast du das Gas abgedreht?

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  5. I didn't turn off the light.

    Я не вимкнув світло.

    ruЯ не погасил свет.

    deIch habe das Licht nicht ausgeschaltet.

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Origin

From Middle English of, from Old English of, af, æf (“from, off, away”), from Proto-West G

From Middle English of, from Old English of, af, æf (“from, off, away”), from Proto-West Germanic *ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (“from, off, back”). Doublet of of.

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Lessons for this word

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See also

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