Meaning

1 senses
  1. To create (something) as a by-product or a secondary derived work.

    a line of merchandise spun off from a TV series

More definitions
  • produce as a consequence of something larger

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Improved medical technology has been one of the spin-offs of the space program.

    deVerbesserte Medizintechnik ist einer der Nebeneffekte des Raumfahrtprogramms gewesen.

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  2. The ball spun off the surface.

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  3. I get that this game is a spin-off, but is the story canon?

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  4. That popular television series is going to spin off two new shows in the fall.

    deDiese beliebte Fernsehserie wird im Herbst zwei neue Folgen herausbringen.

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  5. Basically, she's created a fad diet collider. And sometimes the particles that spin off are gluon-free neutrino burgers.

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Translations

2 languages

Forms

spins off, spinning off, spun off, spun off
Base formspin off · to spin off
3rd person singularspins off
Present participlespinning off
Past simplespun off
Past participlespun off

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyspin off
he, she, itspins off

Past simpleLesson

all personsspun off

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave spun off
he, she, ithas spun off

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill spin off

Phrasal verbs

5 phrasal verbs

Word family

1 related words
Relatedspin-off

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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