off

1. (predicative only) Inoperative, disabled.Examples: "All the lights are off."Antonyms: onpredicative

2. (predicative only) Cancelled; not happening.Examples: "The party's off because the hostess is sick."predicative

3. Denoting something faulty, unsatisfactory, objectionable etc.Examples: "I felt that his comments were a bit off."predicative

4. Denoting something faulty, unsatisfactory, objectionable etc.

5. Denoting something faulty, unsatisfactory, objectionable etc.Examples: "This milk is off!"Antonyms: freshUK

6. Denoting something faulty, unsatisfactory, objectionable etc.Australiabroadlyslang

1. (colloquial, more properly 'from') Out of the possession of.Examples: "He didn't buy it off him. He stole it off him."colloquial

2. (slang, drugs) Under the influence of.Examples: "The guy was off a perc."slang

3. (informal) As a result of.Examples: "The team won off a late-game fumble by an opposing player."; "The economy is rising off the strength of the tech sector."informal

1. (transitive, slang) To kill.Examples: "Most sorely missed is the relationship between Eggsy and Colin Firth’s delightfully avuncular mentor figure Harry Hart, who was offed, seemingly definitively with a bullet to the brain towards its end."slangtransitive

2. (transitive, Singapore, Philippines, Nigeria) To switch off.Examples: "Can you off the light?"NigeriaPhilippinesSingaporetransitive

1. (usually in phrases such as 'from the off', 'at the off', etc.) Beginning; starting point.Examples: "He has been very obviously an untrustworthy narrator right from the off."; "2023 Royal Ascot suit ... are you ready for the off?(title)"uncountableusually