off

Meanings

Adverb

• In a direction away from the speaker or other reference point.
• Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
• So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.
• Offstage.

Adjective

• Inoperative, disabled.
• Cancelled; not happening.
• Not fitted; not being worn.
• Rancid, rotten, gone bad.
• Disgusting, repulsive, abhorrent.
• Less than normal, in temperament or in result.
• Inappropriate; untoward.
• Circumstanced.
• Started on the way.
• Far; off to the side.
• Presently unavailable.
• On the side furthest from the kerb (the right-hand side if one drives on the left).
• In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.

Verb

• To kill.
• To switch off.

Noun

• Beginning; starting point.

Related

Similar words

• away
• out

Opposite words

• on
• in
• on

Origin

• From Middle English of, from Old English of, af, æf, from Proto-West Germanic from {{inh ("gem-pro"), from Proto-Indo-European. of.
• Cognate with Scots of, af, West Frisian af, ôf, Dutch af, German Low German of, German ab, Danish af, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish av, Icelandic af, Gothic 𐌰𐍆; and with Latin ab, Ancient Greek ἀπό, and others.