Meaning

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

  "He has been very obviously an untrustworthy narrator right from the off."

Meaning

• To kill.

  "He got in the way so I had him offed."

• To switch off.

  "Can you off the light?"

Meaning

• Inoperative, disabled.

  "All the lights are off."

• Cancelled; not happening.

  "The party's off because the hostess is sick."

• Not fitted; not being worn.

  "The drink spilled out of the bottle because the top was off."

• Rancid, rotten, gone bad.

  "This milk is off!"

• Less than normal, in temperament or in result.

  "sales are off this quarter"

• Inappropriate; untoward.

  "I felt that his comments were a bit off."

• (in phrases such as 'well off', 'better off', 'poorly off') Circumstanced.

• Started on the way.

  "And they're off! Whatsmyname takes an early lead, with Remember The Mane behind by a nose."

• Far; off to the side.

  "He took me down the corridor and into an off room."

• 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.

  "He took an off day for fishing.  an off year in politics; the off season"

• (in phrases such as 'off day') Designating a time when one is not performing to the best of one's abilities.

• (of a dish on a menu) Presently unavailable.

  "— I'll have the chicken please."

• (in relation to a vehicle) On the side furthest from the kerb (the right-hand side if one drives on the left).

  "The off front wheel came loose."

• In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.

Meaning

• In a direction away from the speaker or object.

  "He drove off in a cloud of smoke."

• Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.

  "Please switch off the light when you leave."

• So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.

  "He bit off the end of the carrot."

• 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.

Meaning

• Not positioned upon; away from a position upon.

  "He's off the roof now."

• Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to.

  "He was thrown off the team for cheating."

• Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via.

  "His office is off this corridor on the right."

• Used to express location at sea relative to land or mainland.

  "The island is 23 miles off the cape."

• Removed or subtracted from.

  "There's 20% off the list price."

• No longer wanting or taking.

  "He's been off his feed since Tuesday."

• (more properly 'from') Out of the possession of.

  "He didn't buy it off him. He stole it off him."

• Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering.

  "I'd like to re-order those printer cartridges, let's say 5-off."