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Phonetic: "/ˈbɹɪŋ/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: (ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.

Example: Waiter, please bring me a single malt whiskey.

Definition: To supply or contribute.

Example: The new company director brought a fresh perspective on sales and marketing.

Definition: To occasion or bring about.

Example: The controversial TV broadcast brought a storm of complaints.

Definition: To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.

Definition: To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.

Definition: To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.

Example: What does coal bring per ton?

Definition: To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.

Example: The closer Jones can really bring it.

Phonetic: "/ɔːf/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: (usually in phrases such as 'from the off', 'at the off', etc.) Beginning; starting point.

Example: He has been very obviously an untrustworthy narrator right from the off.

Phonetic: "/ɔːf/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To kill.

Example: He got in the way so I had him offed.

Definition: To switch off.

Example: Can you off the light?

Phonetic: "/ɔːf/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Inoperative, disabled.

Example: All the lights are off.

Definition: Cancelled; not happening.

Example: The party's off because the hostess is sick.

Definition: Not fitted; not being worn.

Example: The drink spilled out of the bottle because the top was off.

Definition: Rancid, rotten, gone bad.

Example: This milk is off!

Definition: Less than normal, in temperament or in result.

Example: sales are off this quarter

Definition: Inappropriate; untoward.

Example: I felt that his comments were a bit off.

Definition: (in phrases such as 'well off', 'better off', 'poorly off') Circumstanced.

Definition: Started on the way.

Example: And they're off! Whatsmyname takes an early lead, with Remember The Mane behind by a nose.

Definition: Far; off to the side.

Example: He took me down the corridor and into an off room.

Definition: Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from a post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent.

Example: He took an off day for fishing.  an off year in politics; the off season

Definition: (in phrases such as 'off day') Designating a time when one is not performing to the best of one's abilities.

Definition: (of a dish on a menu) Presently unavailable.

Example: — I'll have the chicken please.

Definition: (in relation to a vehicle) On the side furthest from the kerb (the right-hand side if one drives on the left).

Example: The off front wheel came loose.

Definition: In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.

Phonetic: "/ɔːf/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: In a direction away from the speaker or object.

Example: He drove off in a cloud of smoke.

Definition: Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.

Example: Please switch off the light when you leave.

Definition: So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.

Example: He bit off the end of the carrot.

Definition: 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.

Phonetic: "/ɔːf/"

Part Of Speech: preposition

Definition: Not positioned upon; away from a position upon.

Example: He's off the roof now.

Definition: Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to.

Example: He was thrown off the team for cheating.

Definition: Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via.

Example: His office is off this corridor on the right.

Definition: Used to express location at sea relative to land or mainland.

Example: The island is 23 miles off the cape.

Definition: Removed or subtracted from.

Example: There's 20% off the list price.

Definition: No longer wanting or taking.

Example: He's been off his feed since Tuesday.

Definition: (more properly 'from') Out of the possession of.

Example: He didn't buy it off him. He stole it off him.

Definition: Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering.

Example: I'd like to re-order those printer cartridges, let's say 5-off.