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Grep of noun off andre markoff beef stroganoff blastoff boris karloff breaking off brush-off closing off cutoff cutting off damping off damping off fungus david sarnoff day off drawing off drop-off drop-off charge elie metchnikoff escalope de veau orloff face-off falling off falloff feoff firing off g. r. kirchhoff goof-off goofing off gustav robert kirchhoff handoff jacking off jerk-off jerking off jumping-off place jumping-off point karloff kickoff kirchhoff layoff leading off liftoff markoff metchnikoff mexican standoff mid-off off-axis reflector off-broadway off-day off-licence off-line equipment off-line operation off-roader off-season off-speed pitch off-white off year offal offenbach offence offender offense offensive offensive activity offensiveness offer offer price offerer offering offeror offertory office office-bearer office block office boy office building office furniture office of management and budget office staff officeholder officer officer's mess official official document official emissary officialdom officialese officiant officiating officiation officiousness offing offprint offset offset lithography offset printing offshoot offshore rig offspring offstage on-off switch payoff playoff pull-off putoff rachmaninoff rake-off rip-off romanoff runoff sarnoff sawed-off shotgun scoff send-off sergei rachmaninoff sergei vasilievich rachmaninoff setoff show-off sir paul gavrilovich vinogradoff spin-off standoff start-off takeoff tap-off time off tip-off toff trade-off tradeoff turnoff vinogradoff wave-off write-off Overview of adj off The adj off has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (3) off -- (not in operation or operational; "the oven is off"; "the lights are off") 2. (1) off -- (below a satisfactory level; "an off year for tennis"; "his performance was off") 3. off cancelled -- ((of events) no longer planned or scheduled; "the wedding is definitely off") 4. off sour, turned -- (in an unpalatable state; "sour milk") 5. off off duty, off-duty -- (not performing or scheduled for duties; "He's off every Tuesday"; "he was off duty when it happened"; "an off-duty policeman") Overview of adv off The adv off has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (13) away off forth -- (from a particular thing or place or position; "ran away from the lion"; " wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"; "went off to school"; "they drove off"; (`forth' is obsolete as in "go forth and preach")) 2. (12) off away -- (at a distance in space or time; "the boat was 5 miles off (or away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)"; "away back in the 18th century") 3. (5) off -- (no longer on or in contact or attached; "clean off the dirt"; "he shaved off his mustache") Antonyms of adj off 5 senses of off Sense 1 off (vs. on) on (vs. off) => connected Sense 2 off INDIRECT (VIA unsatisfactory) -> satisfactory Sense 3 off (vs. on), cancelled on (vs. off) => happening Sense 4 off sour, turned INDIRECT (VIA soured) -> unsoured Sense 5 off(prenominal), off duty(prenominal), off-duty(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA inactive) -> active Similarity of adj off 5 senses of off Sense 1 off (vs. on) => disconnected Sense 2 off => unsatisfactory (vs. satisfactory) Sense 3 off (vs. on), cancelled Sense 4 off sour, turned => soured (vs. unsoured) Sense 5 off(prenominal), off duty(prenominal), off-duty(postnominal) => inactive (vs. active) Attributes of adj off Familiarity of adj off off used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 5) Grep of adj off better off cast-off cut off far-off laid-off lopped off off off-and-on off-base off-center off-centered off-color off-colour off-duty off-guard off-key off-limits off-line off-peak off-putting off-road off-season off-site off-street off-the-cuff off-the-rack off-the-shelf off-white off duty off guard off her guard off his guard off one's guard off the beaten track off the hook off your guard offbeat offenceless offended offending offenseless offensive offhand offhanded official officious offish offsetting offshore offside offsides offstage partitioned off sawed-off sealed off tapering off well-off Overview of adj off The adj off has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (3) off -- (not in operation or operational; "the oven is off"; "the lights are off") 2. (1) off -- (below a satisfactory level; "an off year for tennis"; "his performance was off") 3. off cancelled -- ((of events) no longer planned or scheduled; "the wedding is definitely off") 4. off sour, turned -- (in an unpalatable state; "sour milk") 5. off off duty, off-duty -- (not performing or scheduled for duties; "He's off every Tuesday"; "he was off duty when it happened"; "an off-duty policeman") Overview of adv off The adv off has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (13) away off forth -- (from a particular thing or place or position; "ran away from the lion"; " wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"; "went off to school"; "they drove off"; (`forth' is obsolete as in "go forth and preach")) 2. (12) off away -- (at a distance in space or time; "the boat was 5 miles off (or away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)"; "away back in the 18th century") 3. (5) off -- (no longer on or in contact or attached; "clean off the dirt"; "he shaved off his mustache")
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