/ɒf/
Translation
Away from a place or a surface, or not working.
Word origin
From Old English of, once the same word as of; the stressed form split away and became a separate word.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- of
- English cognates
- of
Examples
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"Off" shows the coat coming away from your body.
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"Off" shows the cup leaving the surface it was on.
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Here "off" means with no power, the opposite of on.
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(6)Grammar articles
(21)Adverb position in English: before the verb, after be, and the just, still and already traps
Advanced articles in English: the zero article, the with names and places, and go to school vs go to the school
Conditional sentences in English: the four types explained
Discourse markers in English: well, anyway, actually, mind you and by the way
Future continuous and future perfect in English: will be doing vs will have done
Future in the past: was going to, would, was about to, and the grammar of plans that failed
Gerund and infinitive: which verb form comes next?
Gradable and ungradable adjectives: why very furious sounds wrong, and which intensifier goes where
Hedging and vague language in English: sort of, a bit, -ish, stuff and or so
Mixed conditionals in English: past causes with present results, and present causes with past results
Participle clauses in English: -ing and -ed clauses, and the dangling participle trap
Phrasal verbs in English: rules, examples and how to use them
Question tags in English: the mirror rule, aren't I, and tags after let's and imperatives
Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns in English: myself, yourself, each other, and when English does not bother
So, such, too and enough in English: words of degree and result
English tenses explained: all 12 with a master table
Time clauses in English: when, while, as soon as, until, before and after
Used to, would and be used to: talking about past habits and states in English
Verb patterns with objects in English: want somebody to do, make somebody do, and see somebody doing
Wish and if only in English: wish + past, wish + past perfect, wish + would, and why I wish I would is wrong
Word formation in English: how suffixes build word families and give away the part of speech
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