Meaning of off | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Inoperative, disabled.
   predicative
2. peeved, annoyed
3. Cancelled; not happening.
   predicative
4. off (of fruit, damaged)
5. Not fitted; not being worn.
6. out of shape
7. Denoting something faulty, unsatisfactory, objectionable etc.
8. Not correct; not properly formed; not logical, harmonious, etc.
9. tainted
10. Inappropriate; untoward.
    predicative
11. touché
12. Less than normal, in temperament or in result.
13. Designating a time when one is not performing to the best of one's abilities.
14. Rancid, rotten, gone bad.
    UK
15. Disgusting, repulsive, abhorrent.
    Australia, broadly, slang
16. Circumstanced.
    usually
17. Started on the way.
18. Far; off to the side.
19. Temporarily not attending a usual place, such as work or school, especially owing to illness or holiday.
20. Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from a post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent.
21. Presently unavailable. (of a dish on a menu)
    predicative
22. On the side furthest from the kerb (the right-hand side if one drives on the left).
    British
23. In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.
24. Offsuit.
    slang

Equivalents

Examples

“All the lights are off.”

“The party's off because the hostess is sick.”

“Your feet will feel⟳ better once those tight boots are off.”

“The drink⟳ spilled out of the bottle because the top was off.”

“This calculation is off: the numbers don't add⟳ up.”

“Is it right to say⟳ 'the amount of cars'? It sounds off to me.”

“The guitar isn't tuned properly. The bottom E is off.”

“I felt that his comments were a bit off.”

“sales are off this quarter”

“This milk is off!”

“Our family used to be well off; now we're very badly off.”

“How are you off for milk? Shall I get⟳ you some more from the shop⟳?”

“'Are you better off now than you were four years ago?' With that pointed question⟳, Ronald Reagan defined the 1980 presidential election as a 92 referendum on Jimmy Carter's economic policies”

“off to see⟳ the wizard”

“And they're off! Whatsmyname takes an early lead⟳, with Remember⟳ The Mane behind by a nose.”

“—Hello, Bloom. Where are you off to? —Hello, M’Coy. Nowhere in particular.”

“"But I'm off, Mr. Malone. We sit⟳ once a week and have⟳ done for four years without a break⟳. Eight o'clock Thursdays."”

“Let⟳ them glimpse a green man coming at them with intent, and they're off like⟳ a bride's nighty. Even after capture⟳ some of them will seize every attempt⟳ to suicide — they just can't live⟳ with the tremendous loss of face⟳.”

“He took me down the corridor and into an off room.”

“the off horse or ox in a team, in distinction from the nigh or near horse”

“He came in, took a look⟳ and squinched down into a chair in an off corner and didn’t open⟳ his mouth.”

“John's off today. He's back on Wednesday.”

“He took an off day for fishing.  an off year in politics; the off season”

“I'll have⟳ the chicken please⟳. — Sorry, chicken's off today.”

“The off front wheel came loose.”

“The man and the horse came closer and were Sonny Jacobs of the Diamond Six and a smallish neat sorrel definitely favouring its off forefoot.”

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