off

IPA: ˈɔf

(usually in phrases such as 'from the off', 'at the off', etc.) Beginning; starting point.

Inoperative, disabled.
Cancelled; not happening.
Not fitted; not being worn.
Rancid, rotten, gone bad.
(by extension, Australia, slang) Disgusting, repulsive, abhorrent.
Less than normal, in temperament or in result.
Inappropriate; untoward.
(in phrases such as 'well off', 'poorly off', etc., and in 'how?' questions) Circumstanced.
Started on the way.
Far; off to the side.
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.
(in phrases such as 'off day') Designating a time when one is not performing to the best of one's abilities.
Presently unavailable. (of a dish on a menu)
(Britain, in relation to a vehicle) On the side furthest from the kerb (the right-hand side if one drives on the left).
(cricket) In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.

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.
(theater) Offstage.
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.

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