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{
"term": "off",
"partOfSpeech": "adverb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "used to say that something has been removed or become separated",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He's had his beard shaved off."
},
{
"text": "Take your coat off."
},
{
"text": "The label must have fallen off."
},
{
"text": "Don't leave the toothpaste with the top off."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "not connected or functioning",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The water is off."
},
{
"text": "Make sure the TV is off."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "down or away from a place; at a distance in space or time",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I called him but he ran off."
},
{
"text": "I gave up riding after I fell off."
},
{
"text": "Sarah's off in India somewhere."
},
{
"text": "I must be off *(= I must leave)* soon."
},
{
"text": "Summer's not far off now."
},
{
"text": "A solution is still some way off."
},
{
"text": "**Off you go! **Enjoy yourselves!"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "away from work or duty",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "She's off today."
},
{
"text": "I've got three days off next week."
},
{
"text": "How many days did you **take off**?"
},
{
"text": "I need some **time off**."
}
],
"topics": ["Working life"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "starting a race",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They're off *(= the race has begun)*."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "taken from the price",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "shoes with $20 off"
},
{
"text": "All shirts have/are 10 per cent off."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "no longer going to happen; cancelled",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The wedding is off."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 8,
"definition": "no longer available or being served",
"labels": "(especially British English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Sorry, the duck is off."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 9,
"definition": "behind or at the sides of the stage in a theatre",
"examples": [],
"synonyms": "offstage"
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be in a better or worse situation",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She's better off without him."
},
{
"text": "The weather was so bad we'd have been better off staying at home."
},
{
"text": "We can't be any worse off than we are already."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to have a particular amount of something",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "How are we off for coffee *(= how much do we have)*?"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say how much money somebody has",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Families will be better off under the new law *(= will have more money)*."
},
{
"text": "They are both comfortably off *(= have enough money to be able to buy what they want without worrying too much about the cost)*."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "from time to time; now and again",
"examples": [
{
"text": "It rained on and off all day."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɒf/",
"audio": "of/off/off__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɔːf/",
"audio": "of/off/off__us_1_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English, originally a variant of of (which combined the senses of ‘of’ and ‘off’)."
}