All English words - page 2426

Meanings of Of-use:

noun

The place where or the time when a product or service is used

Usage examples:

At the point of use the national health service remains free at the point of use for anyone who is …

Meanings of Of-value:

noun

The principle that money received early from an investment or paid back early on a loan is worth more than if that amount of money were received or paid back at a later time

Usage examples:

Discounted cash flow is a standard technique for projecting annual cash flow that takes into accoun…

Meanings of Of-yore:

noun

Of a long time ago

Usage examples:

This was once a roman road in days of yore.

Meanings of Ofays:

noun

An offensive term for a white person, used by black people.

Meanings of Off:

adverb

Away from the place in question; to or at a distance.

Usage examples:

The man ran off

preposition

Moving away and often down from.

Usage examples:

He rolled off the bed

adjective

Characterized by performing or feeling worse than usual; unsatisfactory or inadequate.

Usage examples:

Even the greatest athletes have off days

noun

The half of the field (as divided lengthways through the pitch) towards which the batsman's feet are pointed when standing to receive the ball.

Usage examples:

Headland bats with real style and is deadly square of the wicket on the off side.

verb

Leave.

Usage examples:

Supposedly loyal workers suddenly upped and offed to the new firms

abbreviation

Office.

Meanings of Off one’s rocker:

phrase

Mad.

Usage examples:

He looked so strange she thought he was off his rocker

Meanings of Off the cuff:

phrase

Without preparation

Usage examples:

They posed some difficult questions to answer off the cuff

idiom

If you speak off the cuff, you say something without having prepared or thought about your words first

Usage examples:

I hadn't prepared a speech so i just said a few words off the cuff., [ before noun ] an off-the-cuf…

Meanings of Off the hook:

phrase

No longer in difficulty or trouble.

Usage examples:

I lied to get him off the hook

adjective

Not made especially to fit a particular person or suit a situation

Usage examples:

There are plenty of off-the-peg solutions that have been tried and tested elsewhere., i bought the …

Meanings of Off the record:

adjective

Said without the intention of being published or officially noted

Usage examples:

An aide told reporters, off the record, that the senator had been lying., my off-the-record remarks…

Meanings of Off the wall:

phrase

Eccentric or unconventional.

Usage examples:

A zany, wacky, off-the-wall weirdo

adjective

Strange or very different, often intentionally

Usage examples:

Teenagers love his off-the-wall comedy.

Meanings of Off-and-on:

idiom

Not regularly

phrase

Intermittently; now and then.

Usage examples:

I've studied different kinds of dance off and on since i was 10

adjective

Happening or existing only some of the time

Usage examples:

He worked off and on as a bicycle messenger, but he never found permanent work.

Meanings of Off-balance:

idiom

Surprised or confused, so that it is difficult to behave or react as you usually would

Usage examples:

He walked up and said i was fat, which really threw me off balance (= made me feel confused)., her …

Meanings of Off-centre:

adjective

Nearly, but not quite, in a central position

Meanings of Off-color:

adjective

(of remarks, jokes, etc.) rude or offensive to some people

Meanings of Off-colour:

adjective

Slightly ill

Usage examples:

I'm feeling a bit off-colour today.

Meanings of Off-course:

noun

The particular path something such as an aircraft or ship takes as it moves, or the path along which a river flows

Usage examples:

A southern course will take our flight over texas., the ship was blown off course (= away from its …

Meanings of Off-duty:

adjective

When police officers, doctors, guards, etc. are off-duty, they are not working

Usage examples:

He looks completely different when he's off-duty and in his normal clothes.

Meanings of Off-guard:

idiom

To surprise someone, esp. in a way that makes the person feel confused or uncertain

Usage examples:

The news caught her completely off guard – she didn't know what to say., the strength of the storm …

Meanings of Off-the-map:

idiom

To destroy completely

Usage examples:

There are bombs so powerful that whole nations could be wiped off the map by them.

Meanings of Off-the-rack:

adjective

→  off-the-peg

Meanings of Off-the-shelf:

adjective

Used to describe a product that is available immediately and does not need to be specially made to suit a particular purpose

Usage examples:

You can purchase off-the-shelf software or have it customized to suit your needs., if you have comp…

Meanings of Off-track:

idiom

Not making good progress and possibly in danger of failing

Usage examples:

When it comes to taking medication, if you're not in a stable living environment it's easy to get o…

Meanings of Off-work:

phrasal verb

If you work off an unpleasant feeling, you get rid of it by doing something energetic

Usage examples:

She works off stress by running for at least half an hour every day.

Meanings of Offal:

noun

The entrails and internal organs of an animal used as food.

Usage examples:

Eating pieces of braised offal turned his stomach

Meanings of Offbeats:

noun

Any of the normally unaccented beats in a bar.

Usage examples:

The horns come in full-force on the offbeats

adjective

Unconventional; unusual.

Usage examples:

The answer sums up his offbeat, skewed vision of the world