Meaning

In a direction away from the speaker or other reference point..

Definitions by Sense

1. In a direction away from the speaker or other reference point.
2. Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
3. So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.
4. (theater) Offstage.
5. Used in various other ways specific to individual idiomatic phrases, e.g. bring off, show off, put off, tell off, etc. See the entry for the individual phrase.
6. (predicative only) Inoperative, disabled.
7. (predicative only) Cancelled; not happening.
8. Not fitted; not being worn.

Example Sentences

He drove off in a cloud of smoke.

No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or[…]. And at last I began to realize in my harassed soul that all elusion was futile, and to take such holidays as I could get, when he was off with a girl, in a spirit of thankfulness.

So this was my future home, I thought![…]Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.

The Conception caught fire around 3:14 a.m. on Labor Day off Santa Cruz Island, about 20 miles away from the coast of mainland California. It was the last day of a three-day diving trip.

Please switch off the light when you leave.

The dinosaurs died off long ago.

He bit off the end of the carrot.

Some branches were sawn off.

Word Forms

• offn
• more off
• most off
• offs
• offing
• offed

Synonyms for off.

Antonyms for off.

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When Should You Use Off.?

Use off. when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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