Definition/Meaning of off

• English - Adverb: off ( comparative more off , superlative most off ) In a direction away from the speaker or object . He drove off in a cloud of smoke . Into a state of non-operation; into a state of non-existence. Please switch off the light when you leave .
• English - Adjective: off ( comparative more off , superlative most off ) Inoperative , disabled . All the lights are off . Rancid , rotten . This milk is off ! ( cricket ) In , or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman . Less than normal , in temperament or in result . sales are off this quarter Circumstanced (as in well off , better off , poorly off ).…
• English - Preposition: off Used to indicate movement away from a position on I took it off the table . ; Come off the roof! ( colloquial ) Out of the possession of . He didn't buy it off him . He stole it off him . Away from or not on . He's off the computer , but he's still on the phone . ; Keep off the grass . Disconnected or subtracted from . We've been off the grid for three days now . ; He took 20% off the list…
• English - Verb: off ( third-person singular simple present offs , present participle offing , simple past and past participle offed ) ( transitive , slang ) To kill . He got in the way so I had him offed . ( transitive , Singapore ) To switch off . Can you off the light? Derived terms off-licence, off-license, offie , offy Translations
• English - Etymology: From Middle English of , from Old English of , af , æf ( “ from , off , away ” ), from Proto-Germanic *ab ( “ from ” ), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo ( “ from , off , back ” ). Cognate with Scots of , af ( “ off , away ” ), West Frisian af , ôf ( “ off , away ” ), Dutch af ( “ off , from ” ), Low German af ( “ off , from ” ), German ab ( “ off , from ” ), Danish af ( “ of ” ), Swedish av ( “…