Offline

Quick meaning: Offline is an adjective meaning (by extension) Happening in the physical world (the real world) as opposed to on the internet.

Meaning

(by extension) Happening in the physical world (the real world) as opposed to on the internet.

More Meanings

1. While offline; with an offline system.
2. (business slang) Outside the current meeting, in a more private setting.
3. (computing, transitive) To take (a system, etc.) offline; to demote from an active or online state.
4. (video games, Rust) To raid another player's base while that player is not currently playing.
5. Of a system, currently not connected (generally electrically) to a larger network. For example, a power plant which is not connected to the grid, or a computer which is not connected to the Internet or to any other communications service.

Example Sentences

offline dating

offline meetings

I saved the web pages so I could read them later offline.

He only had the option to play offline games because there was no Wi-Fi.

Word Forms

• off-line
• off line
• offlines
• offlining
• offlined

Synonyms for offline

Depending on context, synonyms include IRL, meatspace.

Antonyms for offline

Common opposites include online.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include detached, off, out, disconnection, deferred, outside.

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