off

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Adverb

1. In a [[direction]] [[away]] from the speaker or other reference point.
2. Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
3. So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.
4. {{n-g|Specifying the number of some item in bills, parts lists, etc.}}
5. {{lb|en|theatre}} [[offstage|Offstage]].
6. {{n-g|Used in various other ways specific to individual idiomatic phrases, e.g. [[bring off]], [[show off]], [[put off]], [[tell off]], etc. See the entry for the individual phrase.}}

Adjective

1. {{lb|en|predicative|_|only}} [[inoperative|Inoperative]], [[disabled]].
2. {{lb|en|predicative|_|only}} Cancelled; not happening.
3. Not fitted; not being worn.
4. {{ng|Denoting something faulty, unsatisfactory, objectionable etc.}}
5. {{lb|en|in phrases such as '[[well off]]', '[[poorly off]]', '[[comfortably off]]', etc., and in 'how?' questions}} [[circumstanced|Circumstanced]].
6. Started [[on the way]].
7. [[far|Far]]; off to the [[side]].
8. Temporarily not attending a usual place, such as work or school, especially owing to illness or holiday.
9. {{senseid|en|not at work}}{{n-g|Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from a post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent.}}
10. {{lb|en|predicative|_|only}} [[presently|Presently]] [[unavailable]]. {{q|of a dish on a menu}}
11. {{lb|en|British|in relation to a vehicle}} On the side furthest from the kerb (the right-hand side if one drives on the left).
12. {{lb|en|cricket}} In, or towards the [[half]] of the [[field]] away from the [[batsman]]'s [[leg]]s; the [[right]] side for a [[right-handed]] batsman.

Preposition

1. Not [[position]]ed upon; away from a position upon.
2. [[detached|Detached]], [[separated]], [[excluded]] or [[disconnected]] from; away from a position of [[attachment]] or [[connection]] to.
3. Outside the [[area]] or [[region]] of.
4. Temporarily not [[attending]] (a usual place), especially owing to illness or holiday.
5. {{n-g|Used to indicate the [[location]] or [[direction]] of one thing relative to another, implying [[adjacency]] or [[accessibility]] via.}}
6. Removed or subtracted from.
7. No longer wanting or taking.
8. {{lb|en|colloquial|more properly 'from'}} [[out of|Out of]] the possession of.
9. {{rfd-sense|en|section=off (2)}} {{non-gloss|Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or [[engineering]]{{C|en|Engineering}}.}}
10. {{lb|en|slang|[[drugs]]}} [[under the influence|Under the influence]] of.
11. {{lb|en|informal}} As a result of; resulting from the actions of.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive|slang}} To [[kill]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive|Singapore|Philippines|Nigeria}} To [[switch off]].

Noun

1. {{lb|en|usually in phrases such as 'from the off', 'at the off', etc.}} [[beginning|Beginning]]; [[starting]] [[point]].

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