Off

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Adverb 1.1.1 Antonyms 1.1.2 Derived terms 1.1.3 Translations 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Antonyms 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Preposition 1.3.1 Antonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.4 Transitive verb 1.5 Derived terms

English

Adverb

off

1. An adverbial particle used in many phrasal verbs, often mistakenly thought of as a preposition.

Antonyms

• on

Derived terms

• back off
• break off
• bring off
• call off
• clean off
• cut off , cutoff
• die off
• drop off
• fall off
• fuck off
• get off
• go off
• goof off
• hold off
• keep off
• kick off, kickoff
• knock off
• lay off , layoff
• leave off
• let off
• live off
• 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
• see off
• set off
• show off, showoff
• sleep off
• shake off
• switch off
• take off
• tell off
• tick off
• turn off, turnoff
• wear off

Translations

• Dutch: af , uit
• Vietnamese: đi , ra (see individual verb for which translation to use)

Adjective

off

1. not operating, disabled

   All the lights are off.

2. rotten

   This milk is off!

Antonyms

• (1): on
• (2): fresh

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
• Spanish:
  • (1): cerrado m, cerrada f, apagado m, apagado f
• Vietnamese:
  • (1): (đã ) tắt
  • (2): ôi ; hôi , thối (stinky); chua (used to describe milk)

Preposition

off

1. (informal) from

   I got it off the internet.

   This song is off their second album.

Antonyms

• on

Derived terms

• off duty
• off one's game

Transitive verb

to off

1. (slang) to murder

   He got in the way so I had him offed.

Derived terms

• off-licence, off-license , offie , offy