off

1. (satellite adjective) not performing or scheduled for duties; "He's off every Tuesday"; "he was off duty when it happened"; "an off-duty policeman"
Synonyms: off duty, off-duty

2. (adverb) no longer on or in contact or attached; "clean off the dirt"; "he shaved off his mustache"

3. (adverb) at a distance in space or time; "the boat was 5 miles off (or away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)"; "away back in the l8th century"
Synonyms: away

4. (adjective) not in operation or operational; "the oven is off"; "the lights are off"
Antonyms: on

5. (adjective) (of events) no longer planned or scheduled; "the wedding is definitely off"
Synonyms: cancelled
Antonyms: on

6. (satellite adjective) below a satisfactory level; "an off year for tennis"; "his performance was off"

7. (satellite adjective) in an unpalatable state; "sour milk"
Synonyms: sour, turned

8. (adverb) from a particular thing or place or position; "ran away from the lion"; " wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"; "went off to school"; "they drove off"; (`forth' is obsolete as in "go forth and preach")
Synonyms: away, forth



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