Definition of "off" in İngilizce

adverb

In a direction away from the speaker or other reference point.
- 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.
- The dinosaurs died off long ago.
So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.
- He bit off the end of the carrot.
- Some branches were sawn off.
- Please take your clothes off so that I can examine you.
(theater) Offstage.
- noises off
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.

adjective

(predicative only) Inoperative, disabled.
- All the lights are off.
(predicative only) Cancelled; not happening.
- The party's off because the hostess is sick.
Not fitted; not being worn.
- Your feet will feel better once those tight boots are off.
- The drink spilled out of the bottle because the top was off.
Denoting something faulty, unsatisfactory, objectionable etc.
(in phrases such as 'well off', 'poorly off', 'comfortably off', etc., and in 'how?' questions) Circumstanced.
- Our family used to be well off; now we're very badly off.
- How are you off for milk? Shall I get you some more from the shop?
Started on the way.
- off to see the wizard
- 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.
- the off horse or ox in a team, in distinction from the nigh or near horse
Temporarily not attending a usual place, such as work or school, especially owing to illness or holiday.
- John's off today. He's back on Wednesday.
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
(predicative only) Presently unavailable. (of a dish on a menu)

preposition

Not positioned upon, or away from a position upon.
- He's off the roof now.
- I took it off the table.
- Keep off the grass.
Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to.
- The phone is off the hook
- The coat fell off the peg.
- He was thrown off the team for cheating.
- We've been off the grid for three days now.
- We're off their radar.
- He's off the computer, but he's still on the phone.
Outside the area or region of.
- The suspect is now believed to be off the campus.
- I couldn't see what it said because the line of text ran off the page.
Temporarily not attending (a usual place), especially owing to illness or holiday.
- off work; off school
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.
- We're just off the main road.
- Look! There's a UFO off our left wing!
Removed or subtracted from.
- There's 20% off the list price.
No longer wanting or taking.
- He's been off his feed since Tuesday.
- He's off his meds again.
(colloquial, 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.
- Tantalum bar 6 off 3/8" Dia × 12" — Atom, Great Britain Atomic Energy Authority, 1972
- samples submitted … 12 off Thermistors type 1K3A531 … — BSI test report for shock and vibration testing, 2000
(slang, drugs) Under the influence of.
- The guy was off a perc.
(informal) As a result of.
- The team won off a late-game fumble by an opposing player.
- The economy is rising off the strength of the tech sector.