off

English

/ɒf/, /ɔːf/, /ɔf/, /ɑf/

adv
Definitions
  • In a direction away from the speaker or object.
  • Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
  • So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.
  • 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.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English of inherited from Old English of (from, of) inherited from Proto-Germanic *ab (away, from, off, away from) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (off, from, away, back, of).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₂epo

Gloss

off, from, away, back, of

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Kanji

後, 背

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