Meaning

4 senses
  1. An offside play.

    Abseits

    положе́ние вне игрыpoložénije vne igry

  2. (Australia, UK)The side of a road vehicle furthest from the kerb: the right side if one drives on the left of the road.

    My offside wing mirror got snapped off.

  3. The right-hand side of a working animal such as a horse or bullock, especially when in harness.

  4. (UK)The side of a canal opposite the towpath.

More definitions
  • (sport) the mistake of occupying an illegal position on the playing field (in football, soccer, ice hockey, field hockey, etc.)

Examples

13 sentences
  1. The assistant referee raised his flag for offside.

  2. Tom was offside.

    Том був у офсайді. — deniko

    deTom stand im Abseits. — raggione

  3. The goal was disallowed for offside.

    ruГол не засчитан, потому что был офсайд. — marafon

  4. The referee disallowed a goal for offside.

  5. Tom went offsides and cost his team 10 yards.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
offside play:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
offside play:

Origin

From off- + side. Compare German Abseite (“remote area, backside”), German abseits (“out o

From off- + side. Compare German Abseite (“remote area, backside”), German abseits (“out of the way, apart, aside”, adverb), Dutch afzijdig (“neutral, impartial”).

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Forms

plural: offsides

Antonyms

1 antonyms
road vehicle:nearside

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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