[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/off/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [O](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/o/) / off # off preposition, adverb; adjective (the light is off; the milk is off) «off» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. Off means away from a surface or from a place: take it off the table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/off/#m1) 2. Off means not working or not switched on: the TV is off. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/off/#m2) 3. Off means away for a time, not at work or school: a day off. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/off/#m3) 4. Off can mean taken away from a price: 2 dollars off. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/off/#m4) 5. Off can mean gone bad: the milk is off. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/off/#m5) 6. Off means cancelled: the match is off. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/off/#m6) 7. (casual) «I'm off» means I'm leaving; «off sick» means at home ill; «a bit off» (UK, Australia) means rude or unfair; «off your head» means silly or crazy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/off/#m7) 8. (rough) «Push off!», «buzz off!», «clear off!», «bugger off» (rude, UK, Australia), «piss off» (rude) all mean go away; «off» in «sod off» is rude too. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/off/#m8) 9. (formal) The exam voice says «deducted», «discounted», «removed from», «a reduction of», «absent», «discontinued». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/off/#m9) 10. Off can also mean setting out quickly or starting to move, as in "Off he went on a run." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/off/#m10) ### In the lessons taking things away from the table («I take one apple off the table» = subtract); «2 dollars off» = a lower price, subtract; «20% off» takes a part off the price; in everyday life «turn off the light», «get off the bus», «take off your shoes», «day off», «off sick»; in safety «keep off the grass», «switch off before you unplug»; in casual talk «I'm off», «that's a bit off»; in rough talk «push off», «piss off» (rude: go away); in the exam voice «a reduction of», «deducted», «discounted by» ### Examples - I take one apple off the table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/off/#x1) - 3 birds flew off the fence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/off/#x2) - Kim took 2 books off the shelf of 9. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/off/#x3) - Turn off the tap while you brush your teeth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/off/#x4) - Take your muddy boots off at the door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/off/#x5) - The jacket was 10 dollars off in the sale. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/off/#x6) - Dad has a day off today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/off/#x7) - This milk smells off. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/off/#x8) - right, i'm off, see ya at 5 [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/off/#x9) - Piss off, they're mine! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/off/#x10) - The match is off because of the rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/off/#x11) - A reduction of 10 dollars is applied to an item priced at 40 dollars; state the price payable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/off/#x12) - Off he started on a run. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/off/#x13) ### Note Taking off = the count goes down: subtract; «a reduction of» and «deducted» in an exam do the same. «10 dollars off» lowers the price: subtract. Trap: «off sick», «the match is off» and «I'm off» are not about numbers. «piss off» and «bugger off» are rude ways to say go away: the speaker is angry or joking, and nothing is counted. Spelling: two f's, said with a short o. Do not mix «off» (away) with «of» (part of). Opposite: on. ## In Jewish tradition In "cut off" or "left off," off often means cut away or stopped, as in cutting off a hand or God ending His talk with Abraham. In the primary lessons: taking things away from the table («I take one apple off the table» = subtract); «2 dollars off» = a lower price, subtract; «20% off» takes a part off the price; in everyday life «turn off the light», «get off the bus», «take off your shoes», «day off», «off sick»; in safety «keep off the grass», «switch off before you unplug»; in casual talk «I'm off», «that's a bit off»; in rough talk «push off», «piss off» (rude: go away); in the exam voice «a reduction of», «deducted», «discounted by» ### Examples - And He left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. (Torah GEN.17.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/off/#x1) - then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall have no pity. (Torah DEU.25.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/off/#x2) - And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him. (Torah EXO.2.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/off/#x3) - Or where were the upright cut off? (Writings JOB.4.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/off/#x4) - Why standest Thou afar off, O LORD? (Writings PSA.10.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/off/#x5) - Arouse Thyself, cast not off for ever. (Writings PSA.44.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/off/#x6) ### Note Taking off = the count goes down: subtract; «a reduction of» and «deducted» in an exam do the same. «10 dollars off» lowers the price: subtract. Trap: «off sick», «the match is off» and «I'm off» are not about numbers. «piss off» and «bugger off» are rude ways to say go away: the speaker is angry or joking, and nothing is counted. Spelling: two f's, said with a short o. Do not mix «off» (away) with «of» (part of). Opposite: on. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «off» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/off/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«off» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/off.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «off» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/off/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«off» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/off.html) on Mova free.