off free (about time, hours); an off day a day off, a free day off distant, more remote; an off road off secondary; an off street lane; that is an off issue to be badly off; to be comfortably off making good money; to be well supplied off indicates termination, interruption, end of action, cancellation, cancellation: to break off negotiations to cut off supplies to stop supplying; the strike is off the concert is off the concert is canceled the cover is off the cover is removed; the gilt is off the gilding has come off; trans. disappointment set in to cut off supplies; the strike is off the concert is off the concert is canceled off indicates absence, impossibility of obtaining: the dish is off this dish is no longer there (although it is listed on the menu) they pushed me off my seat they pushed me out of my place; to fall off a ladder (tree, horse) to polish off; to finish off stale; the fish is a bit off the fish is not quite fresh off indicates the distance: a long way off far; five miles off; five miles the cover is off; the gilt is off the gilding has come off; trans. disappointment set in. off indicates taking off an item of clothing: take off your coat! take off your coat!; hats off! Hats off! off prep indicates: non-participation (in smth.): he is off gambling he does not gamble; off the cuff without preparation off one's food without appetite; he is off smoking he quit smoking off not quite healthy; I am feeling rather off today I don't feel well today off indicates removal, separation: I must be off I must leave ; off you go!, be off!, get off!, off with you! get out!; go! off casual free time; in one's off at leisure off indicates distance: a long way off far; five miles off; five miles off prep indicates distance from; a mile off the road to keep off; keep aloof; my hat is off off prep indicates: non-participation (in something): he is off gambling he does not gamble; off the cuff without preparation off indicates: turning off, disconnecting (some kind of) apparatus or mechanism: to switch off the light off secondary; an off street lane; that is an off issue this is a minor issue off Thursday. off off distant, more distant; an off road indicates the completion of an action: to pay off to pay (to the end); to drink off to drink (to the bottom) off indicates deliverance: to throw off reserve to become bolder, to become brave off unlikely; on the off chance decom. just in case, off sport. located, located to the left of the bowler (about part of the cricket field) off not entirely healthy; I am feeling rather off today the fish is a bit off the fish is not quite fresh off the bad harvest (about the year); dead (of the season) off low-grade; off grade of low quality off prep indicates a deviation from the norm, the usual state: off one "s balance lost balance (also translated) off indicates absence, impossibility of obtaining: the dish is off this dish no longer exists (although it is listed on the menu ) off right; the off hind leg the back right leg; the off side right side; the sea side of the ship facing the open sea off unwinding to stop (negotiations, etc.); to go backwards off indicates termination, break, end of action, cancellation, cancellation: to break off negotiations interrupt negotiations off int away!, out! off indicates the distance: a long way off far; five miles off for five miles; five miles off prep indicates the distance from; a mile off the road at a distance of a mile from the road off casual free time; in one's off at leisure off free (about time, hours); an off day a day off, a free day off indicates freedom from work: to take time off to take a break from work off indicates the removal of an item of clothing: take off your coat! take off your coat!; hats off! Hats off! off removed, separated; the wheel is off the wheel has been removed, jumped off indicates removal, separation: I must be off I must leave; off you go!, be off!, get off!, off with you! get out!; go away! off prep indicates removal from surface c; take you hands off the table off sport. the part of the field located to the left of the bowler (in cricket) off low grade; off grade low quality off right; the off hind leg the off side right side; mor. side of the ship facing the open sea off to off it coll. leave, run away off prep indicates a deviation from the norm, the usual state: off one's balance lost balance (also translated) off one's food without appetite; he is off smoking he quit smoking off right; the off hind leg the off side right side; mor. side of the ship facing the open sea off side sport. (position) out of play off the beaten track away from the main road; trans. in little-known areas; off the coast off prep indicates: non-participation (in something): he is off gambling he does not gamble; off the cuff without preparation off the mark past the target (about the shot) off the mark irrelevant off the point far from the target off the point irrelevant point: to carry one "s off defend your positions; achieve your goal; to gain one's point to achieve the goal; off the point inappropriately off indicates removal, separation: I must be off I must leave; off you go!, be off!, get off!, off with you! get out!; go away! off indicates removal, separation: I must be off I must leave; off you go!, be off!, get off!, off with you! get out!; go away! off unlikely; on the off chance decom. just in case, off indicates completion of the action: to pay off to pay (to the end); to drink off to drink (to the bottom) pay: off off to pay a debt off off to pay off off to repay, to take revenge off off to pay off off to pay in full; settle accounts (with someone); cover (debt); pay off; to pay off handsomely dismiss (workers) off off pay off off off write off the crew from the ship off off dismiss off off sea. evade, fall into the wind to polish off; to finish off finish polish: off off colloquial. get rid of (from a competitor, etc.) off off coll. finish, quickly deal with (smth.); to polish off a bottle of sherry the radio was off the whole day they are off they went; to run off run away run: off off not to make an impression; the scoldings run off him like water off a duck's back they scold him, but he's like water off a duck's back off off distract from the subject (conversation) off off strain; flush (water) off off decide the outcome of the race off off write poetry; smartly recite off off to run away; run away (with - s) the street off the Strand the street leading from the Strand or facing the Strand to cut off supplies stop supplying; the strike is off the strike is over; the concert is off the concert is canceled off indicates on: turning off, disconnecting (something) a device or mechanism: to switch off the light off indicates the removal of an item of clothing: take off your coat! take off your coat!; hats off! Hats off! off indicates freedom from work: to take time off to take a break from work off prep indicates removal from the surface; take you hands off the table off minor; an off street lane; that is an off issue they are off they went; to run off they pushed me off my seat; to fall off a ladder (tree, horse) to fall from a ladder (tree, horse) off indicates deliverance: to throw off reserve to become bolder, to become brave trade off to sell, to exchange trade: off off to change one indicator at the expense of another off off to exchange; trade(up)on to benefit, to use for personal purposes off off to exchange off off to sacrifice off off to sell off removed, separated; the wheel is off
OFF
Translation:
off (ɒf)
1.adv points to:
1) removal, separation:
I must be off;
off you go!, be off!, get off!, off with you! get out!, go away!;
they are off they went;
to run off;
to keep off; stay away;
my hat is off
the cover is off;
the gilt is off; the gilding is gone; trans. there was disappointment
2) distance:
a long way off;
five miles off; five miles away
3) termination, expiration, cancellation, cancellation:
to break off negotiations;
to cut off supplies;
the strike is off
the concert is off
4) A break during work:
Sunday is her day off;
they are off till the first
5) completion of action:
to pay off ( to end);
to drink off ( to the dregs);
to polish off;
to finish off
6) deliverance:
to throw off reserve to dare, to become brave"
7) switching off, disconnecting something apparatus or mechanism:
to switch off the light;
the radio was off the whole day
8) absence, impossibility of obtaining:
the dish is off this dish is no longer available ( even though it's on the menu)
9) removing an item of clothing:
take off your coat! take off your coat!;
hats off! Hats off! ◊ to be badly off;
to be comfortably off to earn good money; be well off
2. prep points to:
1) distance from;
a mile off the road;
off the beaten track away from the main road; trans. original, unusual;
off the coast not far from the shore;
the street off the Strand
2) removal from surface With;
take your hands off the table;
they pushed me off my seat;
to fall off a ladder (tree, horse)"
3) deviation from the norm, habitual state:
off one "s balance lost balance (also translated);
off one's food without appetite;
he is off smoking;
a) far from the goal;
b) irrelevant;
a) past the target ( about the shot);
b) irrelevant
4) non-participation in smth.:
he is off gambling ◊ off the cuff without preparation
3. a
1) distant, more distant;
an off road
2) right;
the off hind leg;
the off side right side; mor. the side of the ship facing the open sea
3) unlikely;
on the off chance decom. just in case
4) free ( about time, hours);"
an off day day off, free day
5) secondary;
an off street lane; side street;
that is an off issue
6) removed, separated;"
the wheel is off
7) barren ( about the year); dead ( about the season)
8) not very healthy;
I am feeling rather off today
9) stale;
the fish is a bit off
10) low-grade;
off grade low quality
11) sports. located on the right, opposite to the one on which the batsman stands ( about the cricket field side)
4.n
1) decomposed free time;
in one's off at leisure
2) sports. right side of the field ( opposite the one on which the batsman is standing; in cricket)
5. v decom.
1) stop ( negotiation and so on. ); back down
to off it to leave, to get away"
6. int away!, out!
Translation:
1. (ɒf) n
1. off position ( at devices, switches, etc.)
to be set at ~ - to be in the “off” position
2. free time
in one's ~ - in free time
3. sport. the part of the field to the left of the bowler ( cricket)
4. decomposition beginning, start
ready for the ~ - ready to start
from the ~ - from the very beginning
2. (ɒf) a1. more distant, distant
2. 1) located on the right side, on the right
the ~ horse - right harness
the ~ side of the road - right side of the road
the ~ wheel of a cart - the right wheel of the cart
2) mor. facing the sea ( about the ship)
3) sport. located to the left of the bowler ( about part of the field - cricket)
3. minor, less important, insignificant
~ street - lane; street
~ issue - minor issue
4. free, unoccupied
day ~, ~ day - free day; non-working day ( Wed etc. 5, 1)}
~ time - free time
a pastime for one "s ~ hours - entertainment / activities / during rest / leisure hours /
we are ~ (on) Wednesdays during the summer - in the summer we are closed on Wednesdays /on Wednesdays our store is closed/
we get two days ~ at Christmas - on Christmas we have two days off
5. 1) unsuccessful, unfavorable
~ day - unlucky day ( Wed etc. 4}
~ season - low season
2) not entirely healthy
he is feeling rather ~ today - today he feels unwell
3) stale ( about food)
the meat looks a bit ~ - the meat doesn’t look very good
the fish is ~ - the fish has gone bad
4) low-grade, low quality; below (usual) standard
~ grade - low quality
~ year - a) a lean year; b) a year with low business activity
6. erroneous, incorrect
you are ~ on that point - here you are wrong
your figures are way ~ - your calculations are completely wrong
3. (ɒf) advpoints to
1. completeness of action
1) movement away, to the side, etc. - conveyed by verbal prefixes from-, u-, you-, s- and etc.
to drive ~ - to leave; drive off
to walk ~ - leave
to go ~ on a journey - go on a journey
the children ran ~ - the children ran away
he pushed me ~ - he pushed me away
he sent the parcel ~ - he sent the parcel
when does the plane take ~? - when does the plane take off?
he turned ~ into a side street - he turned into the alley
2) movement from top to bottom - conveyed by verb prefixes s-, co-
to fall ~ - to fall
to jump ~ - jump
to slip ~ - to slide
3) separation of a part from the whole - conveyed by verb prefixes from-, from-
to break ~ - break off
to shake ~ - shake off
to bite ~ a piece - bite off a piece
cut the end ~ - cut off the end
one of the wheels flew ~ - one wheel jumped off
the handle (button) came ~ - the handle (button) came off
mark it ~ into three equal parts - measure so that you get three equal parts
4) removing an item of clothing, etc.:
he took his coat (glasses) ~ - he took off his coat (glasses)
hats~! - hats off!
with his shoes ~ - without shoes, barefoot
5) bringing an action to the end, to the limit:
to drink ~ - drink (to the bottom)
to pay ~ one "s debt - pay off the entire debt
to kill ~ the animals - destroy the animals
2. distance
1) about distance:
a long way ~, far ~ - far away
a little way ~ - not far, close
the town is five miles ~ - the city is five miles away
~ in the distance he saw a light - far ahead he saw a light
2) in time:
the vacation is not far ~ - it’s not long before the holidays
June is three months ~ - there are still three months until June
my holiday is a week ~ - my holiday in a week
3. 1) (sudden)termination:
to break ~ work - interrupt work
to cur ~ supplies - stop supply /supplies/
to break ~ with smb. - break off / terminate relations / with someone.
he broke ~ in the middle of the sentence - in the middle of the phrase he suddenly stopped
2) cancellation, annulment, etc.:
the deal is ~ - the deal is canceled
the concert is ~ - the concert is canceled
4. 1) reduction or reduction:
the number of visitors dropped ~ - the number of visitors has decreased
the profits fell ~ - profits decreased
2) subsiding or weakening:
the pain passed ~ - the pain has subsided
3) deliverance, liberation from smth.:
to marry /to get/ one"s daughters ~ - to marry off daughters
4) turning off a device or mechanism:
to turn /to switch, to put/ ~ - turn off
switch ~ the light - turn off the light
he turned ~ the radio - he turned off the radio
he shut ~ the engine - he turned off the engine
5. security:
he lives comfortably ~ - he is a wealthy / rich / person
he earns well ~ - he earns well; he has enough money
6. in combinations:
to be ~ - decomposition a) leave, leave; I must be ~ - I must go / leave /; we are ~ now - well, we went / set off /; b) absent; to be ~ sick - to be absent due to illness; he"s ~ on Tuesdays - he doesn’t exist on Tuesdays; she"s been ~ for a week - she hasn’t been there for a whole week; c) not enough; not enough; there are two buttons ~ - two buttons are missing; I"m sorry the lamb is ~ - unfortunately, there is no more lamb / the lamb has run out /; d) fail, break; the TV set (radio, etc) is ~ - TV (radio and so on.} does not work; d) be like smb. secured ( Wed etc. 5}
to be well (badly) ~ for smth. - to be well (poorly) endowed with smth.
you must be badly ~ for books - you obviously don’t have enough books
he is badly /poorly/ ~ - he needs, he is poor
♢ hands ~! - hands off!
he is neither ~ nor on - he says neither yes nor no; he hesitates
be ~!, ~ you go! - get out!, go away!; go away!
~ with you! - get out of here!
~ with his head! - cut off his head!
~ with the old and on with the new! - out with the old, long live the new!
keep ~! - a) carefully!, beware!; b) don't approach!
to see smb. ~ - to see someone off.
to sleep smth. ~ - after getting enough sleep, get rid of / recover / from smth.
to sleep ~ a bad headache - cure a severe headache with sleep
he took himself ~ - he went
For other combinations, see under the corresponding words
4. (ɒf) v coll.1. 1) stop ( negotiations, etc.)
2) back down
2. Amer. sl. kill, put to death; "liquidate", "remove"
3. mor. rare move away from the shore, go out to sea
5. (ɒf) preppoints to
1. 1) removal or separation from smth. With
to take the pan ~ the stove - remove the pan from the stove
to fall ~ the ladder (a horse) - fall from the stairs (from a horse)
get ~ the table - leave the table
there"s a button ~ your dress - a button has come off on your dress
he got the matter ~ his hands - he got rid of this matter
he is ~ the beaten track - he did not follow the beaten path
keep ~ the grass - don't walk on the grass! ( inscription)
2) branch from smth.:
a street ~ Fifth Avenue - the street running from Fifth Avenue
2. being on some(usually close)distance from smb. from
a street ~ the square - the street that opens onto the square
ten miles ~ the island - ten miles from the island
the ship sank ~ the coast - the ship sank near the coast
3. reduction, discount less, lower
at 10% ~ the regular price - 10% lower than the regular price
4. decompositionsource from, at
to borrow (to buy) smth. ~ smb. - borrow (buy) smth. from smb.
5. 1) food, material, substance - creation is often conveyed. case:
to dine ~ roast beef - dine with fried beef
they lunched ~ sandwiches - they had breakfast with sandwiches
2) source of livelihood or income:
they lived ~ tourists - they lived off income from tourists
6. deviation from the norm:
~ the mark - a) past the target ( about the shot); b) irrelevant
~ one's balance - out of balance
he"s ~ his head - decomposition he's crazy
he is ~ his feed - decomposition he has no appetite
he"s ~ drug now - he no longer takes drugs
7. non-participation in smth.; reluctance to participate in smth., do sth.
~ duty - not on duty
he "s gone ~ science fiction - he stopped loving science fiction
I"m ~ smoking - I don’t smoke anymore
♢ ~ the map - non-existent, disappeared
it is ~ the question - this is out of the question
~ the wind - mor. with a tailwind, backstay course
6. (ɒf) int1) attention!; stop!
2) away!; Down with!
Translation of words containing OFF, from English into Russian
New large English-Russian dictionary under the general guidance of academician. Yu.D. Apresyan
off year
Translation:(ʹɒfjıə)
1. year with unfavorable conditions
~ for exports - unfavorable year for exports
it was an ~ for crops - there was a bad harvest this year
2. Amer. year with minor, midterm elections
off-
Translation:(ɒf-)
in compound adjectives and nouns indicates a deviation from the usual, central position or state:
~balance - loss of balance
~gauge - not by gauge
~key - false ( about sound)
offscreen - behind the scenes
off-air
Translation:1. (͵ɒfʹeə) a
1) received directly from the air
~ taping - recording on magnetic tape from the air
2) broadcast via cable
~ channel - broadcast channel
2. (͵ɒfʹeə) adv1) directly from the air
to record programs ~ - record programs directly /directly/ from the air
2) via cable
off-balance
Translation:1. (ʹɒf͵bæləns) n sports
loss of balance ( gymnastics)
2. (͵ɒfʹbæləns) a1. lost balance
he was caught ~ and knocked down - he lost his balance and fell
2. 1) unbalanced
2) taken by surprise
3. distorted, unreal
the ~ presentation of alternatives - a distorted view of the available possibilities
off free (about time, hours); an off day a day off, a free day off distant, more remote; an off road off secondary; an off street lane; that is an off issue to be badly off; to be comfortably off making good money; to be well supplied off indicates termination, interruption, end of action, cancellation, cancellation: to break off negotiations to cut off supplies to stop supplying; the strike is off the concert is off the concert is canceled the cover is off the cover is removed; the gilt is off the gilding has come off; trans. disappointment set in to cut off supplies; the strike is off the concert is off the concert is canceled off indicates absence, impossibility of obtaining: the dish is off this dish is no longer there (although it is listed on the menu) they pushed me off my seat they pushed me out of my place; to fall off a ladder (tree, horse) to polish off; to finish off stale; the fish is a bit off the fish is not quite fresh off indicates the distance: a long way off far; five miles off; five miles the cover is off; the gilt is off the gilding has come off; trans. disappointment set in. off indicates taking off an item of clothing: take off your coat! take off your coat!; hats off! Hats off! off prep indicates: non-participation (in smth.): he is off gambling he does not gamble; off the cuff without preparation off one's food without appetite; he is off smoking he quit smoking off not quite healthy; I am feeling rather off today I don't feel well today off indicates removal, separation: I must be off I must leave ; off you go!, be off!, get off!, off with you! get out!; go! off casual free time; in one's off at leisure off indicates distance: a long way off far; five miles off; five miles off prep indicates distance from; a mile off the road to keep off; keep aloof; my hat is off off prep indicates: non-participation (in something): he is off gambling he does not gamble; off the cuff without preparation off indicates: turning off, disconnecting (some kind of) apparatus or mechanism: to switch off the light off secondary; an off street lane; that is an off issue this is a minor issue off Thursday. off off distant, more distant; an off road indicates the completion of an action: to pay off to pay (to the end); to drink off to drink (to the bottom) off indicates deliverance: to throw off reserve to become bolder, to become brave off unlikely; on the off chance decom. just in case, off sport. located, located to the left of the bowler (about part of the cricket field) off not entirely healthy; I am feeling rather off today the fish is a bit off the fish is not quite fresh off the bad harvest (about the year); dead (of the season) off low-grade; off grade of low quality off prep indicates a deviation from the norm, the usual state: off one "s balance lost balance (also translated) off indicates absence, impossibility of obtaining: the dish is off this dish no longer exists (although it is listed on the menu ) off right; the off hind leg the back right leg; the off side right side; the sea side of the ship facing the open sea off unwinding to stop (negotiations, etc.); to go backwards off indicates termination, break, end of action, cancellation, cancellation: to break off negotiations interrupt negotiations off int away!, out! off indicates the distance: a long way off far; five miles off for five miles; five miles off prep indicates the distance from; a mile off the road at a distance of a mile from the road off casual free time; in one's off at leisure off free (about time, hours); an off day a day off, a free day off indicates freedom from work: to take time off to take a break from work off indicates the removal of an item of clothing: take off your coat! take off your coat!; hats off! Hats off! off removed, separated; the wheel is off the wheel has been removed, jumped off indicates removal, separation: I must be off I must leave; off you go!, be off!, get off!, off with you! get out!; go away! off prep indicates removal from surface c; take you hands off the table off sport. the part of the field located to the left of the bowler (in cricket) off low grade; off grade low quality off right; the off hind leg the off side right side; mor. side of the ship facing the open sea off to off it coll. leave, run away off prep indicates a deviation from the norm, the usual state: off one's balance lost balance (also translated) off one's food without appetite; he is off smoking he quit smoking off right; the off hind leg the off side right side; mor. side of the ship facing the open sea off side sport. (position) out of play off the beaten track away from the main road; trans. in little-known areas; off the coast off prep indicates: non-participation (in something): he is off gambling he does not gamble; off the cuff without preparation off the mark past the target (about the shot) off the mark irrelevant off the point far from the target off the point irrelevant point: to carry one "s off defend your positions; achieve your goal; to gain one's point to achieve the goal; off the point inappropriately off indicates removal, separation: I must be off I must leave; off you go!, be off!, get off!, off with you! get out!; go away! off indicates removal, separation: I must be off I must leave; off you go!, be off!, get off!, off with you! get out!; go away! off unlikely; on the off chance decom. just in case, off indicates completion of the action: to pay off to pay (to the end); to drink off to drink (to the bottom) pay: off off to pay a debt off off to pay off off to repay, to take revenge off off to pay off off to pay in full; settle accounts (with someone); cover (debt); pay off; to pay off handsomely dismiss (workers) off off pay off off off write off the crew from the ship off off dismiss off off sea. evade, fall into the wind to polish off; to finish off finish polish: off off colloquial. get rid of (from a competitor, etc.) off off coll. finish, quickly deal with (smth.); to polish off a bottle of sherry the radio was off the whole day they are off they went; to run off run away run: off off not to make an impression; the scoldings run off him like water off a duck's back they scold him, but he's like water off a duck's back off off distract from the subject (conversation) off off strain; flush (water) off off decide the outcome of the race off off write poetry; smartly recite off off to run away; run away (with - s) the street off the Strand the street leading from the Strand or facing the Strand to cut off supplies stop supplying; the strike is off the strike is over; the concert is off the concert is canceled off indicates on: turning off, disconnecting (something) a device or mechanism: to switch off the light off indicates the removal of an item of clothing: take off your coat! take off your coat!; hats off! Hats off! off indicates freedom from work: to take time off to take a break from work off prep indicates removal from the surface; take you hands off the table off minor; an off street lane; that is an off issue they are off they went; to run off they pushed me off my seat; to fall off a ladder (tree, horse) to fall from a ladder (tree, horse) off indicates deliverance: to throw off reserve to become bolder, to become brave trade off to sell, to exchange trade: off off to change one indicator at the expense of another off off to exchange; trade(up)on to benefit, to use for personal purposes off off to exchange off off to sacrifice off off to sell off removed, separated; the wheel is off
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