Definitions
How to pronounce off:
Off - as an adjective
Off - as an adverb
From a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)
Example: "Ran away from the lion"
At a distance in space or time
Example: "The boat was 5 miles off (or away)"
No longer on or in contact or attached
Example: "Clean off the dirt"
Off - as an adjective satellite
Off - as a verb
Off - as a noun
(usually in phrases such as 'from the off', 'at the off', etc.) beginning; starting point.
Example: "He has been very obviously an untrustworthy narrator right from the off."
Off - as a preposition
Not positioned upon; away from a position upon.
Example: "He's off the roof now."
Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to.
Example: "He was thrown off the team for cheating."
Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via.
Example: "His office is off this corridor on the right."
Used to express location at sea relative to land or mainland.
Example: "The island is 23 miles off the cape."
Removed or subtracted from.
Example: "There's 20% off the list price."
No longer wanting or taking.
Example: "He's been off his feed since tuesday."
(more properly 'from') out of the possession of.
Example: "He didn't buy it off him. he stole it off him."
Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering.
Example: "I'd like to re-order those printer cartridges, let's say 5-off."
Example Sentences
Word Game Points
OFF has a SCRABBLE points total of 9.
OFF has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 9.
OFF has a WORDFEUD points total of 9.
