Meaning
13 sensesNot positioned upon; away from a position upon.
He's off the roof now.
I took it off the table.
сs, соso
Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to.
The phone is off the hook
The coat fell off the peg.
Outside the area or region of.
The suspect is now believed to be off the campus.
I couldn't see what it said because the line of text ran off the page.
Temporarily not attending (a usual place), especially owing to illness or holiday.
off work; off school
Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via.
His office is off this corridor on the right.
We're just off the main road.
Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via.
Used to express location at sea relative to land or mainland.
The island is 23 miles off the cape.
Used to indicate separation from a natural home or origin.
He used to be gone a lot of the time, off working on an oil rig.
Removed or subtracted from.
There's 20% off the list price.
No longer wanting or taking.
He's been off his feed since Tuesday.
He's off his meds again.
(colloquial)Out of the possession of.
He didn't buy it off him. He stole it off him.
Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering.
I'd like to re-order those printer cartridges, let's say 5-off.
Tantalum bar 6 off 3/8" Dia × 12" — Atom, Great Britain Atomic Energy Authority, 1972
(slang)Under the influence of.
The guy was off a perc.
Examples
12925 sentencesAn apple fell off the tree.
З яблуні впало яблуко.
ruС дерева упало яблоко.
deEin Apfel fiel vom Baum.
Can I turn off the TV?
Можна я вимкну телевізор?
ruМожно мне выключить телевизор?
deKann ich den Fernseher ausmachen?
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.
Did you turn off the gas?
Ти вимкнув газ?
ruТы выключил газ?
deHast du das Gas abgedreht?
I didn't turn off the light.
Я не вимкнув світло.
ruЯ не погасил свет.
deIch habe das Licht nicht ausgeschaltet.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English of, from Old English of, af, æf (“from, off, away”), from Proto-West GFrom 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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