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Adverb
off

1. In a direction away from the speaker or object.

#: He drove off in a cloud of smoke.
#: The book fell off the table.

1. Into a state of non-operation; into a state of non-existence.

#: Please switch off the light when you leave.
#: die off

Usage notes
Used in many :Category:English phrasal verbs|phrasal verbs, off is an adverbial particle often mistakenly thought of as a preposition. (It can be used as a preposition, but such usage is still rare and always informal; see below.)

Synonyms
away, out

Antonyms
on, in

Derived terms
top4
back off
be off
break off
bring off
call off
clean off
cut off, cutoff
die off
drop off
fall off
fuck off
mid4
get off
go off
goof off
hold off
keep off
kick off, kickoff
knock off
lay off, layoff
leave off
let off
light off
live off
mid4
make off
make off with
nod off
pay off, payoff
piss off
pull off
put off
ring off
rip off, ripoff
round off
run off, runoff
mid4
see off
set off
show off, showoff
sleep off<!-- sleep something off -->
shake off
switch off
take off
tell off
tick off
turn off, turnoff
walk it off
wear off

Translations

Dutch: af, uit
Norwegian: av
mid
Swedish av, iväg, ifrån, från (1), av (2)
Vietnamese: �i, ra#Vietnamese|ra (see individual verb for which translation to use)

Adjective
off

1. inoperative, disabled

#: All the lights are off.

1. rotten

#: This milk is off!

1. cricket in, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman

Antonyms
(inoperative) on
(rotten) fresh
cricket on, leg

Translations

Catalan: (2) fet malbé
Dutch: uit (1)
Finnish: pois (1), pois päältä (1)
French: (1): éteint m, éteinte f
German: (2): schlecht, verdorben
Italian: (1): spento m, spenta f
mid
Norwegian: av
Spanish:
* (1): cerrado m, cerrada f, apagado m, apagada f
Vietnamese:
* (1): (�ã) tắt
* (2): ôi; hôi, th�i (stinky); chua (used to describe milk)

Preposition
off
<!-- Most uses thought of as prepositions are actually adverbial. True prepositional uses are mostly idiomatic. See the talk page. -->

1. informal from

#: I got it off the internet.
#: This song is off their second album.

Verb
en-verb

1. transitive slang to murder

#: He got in the way so I had him offed.

1. transitive (Singapore) to switch off

#: Can you off the light?

Derived terms
off-licence, off-license, offie, offy

Category:200 English basic words
Category:Contranyms
Category:English prepositions

ar:off
de:off
el:off
fr:off
io:off
it:off
hu:off
ja:off
pl:off
pt:off
simple:off
fi:off
ta:off
te:off
vi:off
tr:off
zh:off

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