off

/ɒf/

US pronunciation

American sound/ɒf/

off

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: IPA vowel pattern
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> off

Myanmar meaning

(adj) မှကင်းကွာ၍ ၊ အဝေးသို့။

Full entry

off /ɒf; US ↄ:f / adj

၁။ (က) ~ (with sb) (infml esp Brit ) (ခပ်) စိမ်းစိမ်း။ (ဗန်း) မကြည် [သော]။ She sounded rather off on the phone. ❍ He was a bit off with me this morning. (ခ) လက်မခံနိုင် [သော]။ လွန်လွန်း[သော]။ They want to cut our expenses—that's a bit off, isn’t it? (ဂ) မကျန်းမာ [သော]။ နေမကောင်း[သော]။ You look a bit off this morning, Mary.
၂။ ပုပ် [သော]။ သိုး [သော]။ This fish has gone/is off. ❍ The milk smells/tastes decidedly off.
၃။ = OFFSIDE²
adv part
၁။ (က) (ခရီးကွာလှမ်းမှုပြသောစကား)။ The town is still five miles off. ❍ He ran off with the money. ❍ Sarah's off in India somewhere. ❍ Be off/Off with you! (ie Go away!) (ခ) (အချိန်ကွာလှမ်းမှုပြသောစကား)။ Summer is not so far off.
၂။ (ဖယ်ရှားခြင်း၊ ချွတ်ခြင်း၊ ဖွင့်ခြင်း စသည် ပြသောစကား)။ He's had his beard shaved off. ❍ take one's coat/tie off ❍ Don't leave the toothpaste with the top off. Compare ON adv part ၃
၃။ (ထွက်ခြင်း၊ သွားခြင်းကို ပြသောစကား)။ She's off to Hong Kong tomorrow. ❍ I must be off soon. ❍ They're off (ie The race has begun).
၄။ (infml ) (ဖျက်သိမ်းခြင်းပြသော စကား)။ The wedding/engagement is off. ❍ The miners' strike is off. Compare ON adv part ၆
၅။ (က) ပျက်လျက် ပြတ်လျက် (ရှိသည်)။ The water/gas/electricity is off. (ခ) ပိတ် (ထား)သည်။ The TV/radio/light is off. ❍ Make sure the central heating is off. Compare ON adv part ၄
၆။ (esp Brit ) (…ဟင်း) မရနိုင် (ဖြစ်သည်)။ The fish with almonds is off today.
၇။ ခွင့်(ယူသည်၊ ယူမည်)။ I think I'll take the afternoon off (ie not work this afternoon). ❍ She's off today. ❍ I've got three days off next week.
၈။ လျှော့ (ပေးသည်)။ shoes with £ 5 off ❍ All shirts have 10% off.
၉။ ဇာတ်ခုံနောက်ဘက်မှ (သို့) ဘေးဘက်မှ။ noises/voices off.
n [sing]
၁။ the off တာထွက်။ They're ready for the off.
၂။ the off (ခရစ်ကက်တွင်) ရိုက်လှည့်ကျသူ မျက်နှာမူရာ ကွင်းတစ်ခြမ်း။ play the ball to the off ❍ the off stump. Compare LEG ၆
prep
၁။ မှ။ က။ fall off a ladder/tree/horse/wall ❍ The rain ran off the roof. ❍ The ball rolled off the table. ❍ Keep off the grass. ❍ Cut another slice off the loaf. ❍ Take a packet off the shelf. ❍ They were only 100 metres off the summit when the accident happened. ❍ (fig ) We're getting right off the subject. ❍ Scientists are still a long way off (finding) a cure.
၂။ မှ (ခွဲထွက်သော)။ မှ (ထုတ်ထားသော)။ a narrow lane off the main road ❍ a bathroom off the main bedroom.
၃။ မလှမ်းမကမ်းတွင်။ a big house off the main street ❍ an island off the coast of Cornwall ❍ The ship sank off Cape Horn.
၄။ (infml) ဖြတ်လျက်၊ ပြတ်လျက်။ I'm off (ie not drinking) alcohol for a week. ❍ He's finally off drugs (ie He no longer takes them).
❏ be off for sth [IDM ] (infml ) … ကျန်သေးသည်။ …ရှိ သေးသည်။ How are we off for coffee? (ie How much have we got?) Compare WELL OFF FOR STH, (BE) BADLY OFF FOR STH
❏ off and on/on and off [IDM ] ပြတ်တောင်း ပြတ်တောင်း။ တစ်ခါတစ်ခါ။ It rained on and off all day.
❏ off chance n [sing] …လို …ငြား။ There is still an off chance that the weather will improve. ❍ He came on the off chance of finding me at home.
❏ off of prep (sl esp US ) = OFF prep

off- /ɒf; US ↄ:f / pref

(ကွာသော၊ လှမ်းသော၊ ဝေးသော၊ ချသော အနက်တို့ဖြင့် ကြိယာ စသည် ပုဒ်ဖွဲ့ရာတွင် သုံးသည့် ရှေ့ဆက်)။ off-stage ❍ off-peak ❍ offshore ❍ offload.

More examples

With only $150 in his pocket, he set off for New Mexico.
I’d never let an 11-year-old kid go off on his own.
[be off] : If you don’t need me any more, I’ll be off.
[be off to] : I’m off to Scotland next Tuesday.
[get off] : Ask the driver to stop the bus so we can get off.
They didn’t see each other till they got off the plane.
The wind blew a flowerpot off the balcony.
Hold on tight so you don’t slip off.
I had to scrape the dirt off the walls.
She tried to push the dog off her but it kept jumping up.
I was so surprised I nearly fell off my chair.
[keep/stay off] : There was a sign saying ‘Keep off the grass’.
They cut a branch off the tree.
Cindy was playing with the doll when its leg fell off.
The restaurant is just off the main road.
You’ll find a bathroom just off the master bedroom.
Two miles off the coast, we sailed right into the storm.
The lights were off in the big house.
I saw that all the machines were switched off.
We told the children to take off their wet clothes.
She kicked off her shoes and settled down on the sofa.
I’m considering taking quite a bit of time off work.
We’re planning a trip to the zoo on my day off.
I took two weeks off in August.

Synonyms

rotten, rancid, sour, inedible, KO, X out, X-out, above, absent, afar, ahead, apart, aside, assassination, away, away from, bad, be gone, begone, behind, below, beneath, beside, blot out, blotted out, blotting out, blow away, blue pencil, bump off, cancel, canceled, cross out, crossing out, decomposed, deep-six, deep-sixed, deracinate, disappearing, disappointing, disheartening, displeasing, divergent, dust off, elsewhere, eradicate, far, farther away, finish off, finished, finished off, garotte, garrote, garroted, go back on one's word, go back on word, gone away, gone; remote, iced, in the distance, inferior; spoiled, inoperative, kill, knock off, low-quality, mark out, marking out, moldy, mortifying, mow down, murder, negligible, nixing, not employed, not here, not on duty, not up to par, not up to snuff, obliterate, offed, offing, on vacation, one-way ticket, out, outs, outside, over, poor, postponed, put to death, putrid, putting to death, quiet, removed, render invalid, root out, rub off, rub out, scratch out, scratching out, shoo, shoot down, shot down, skiddoo, slack, slender, slight, slim, small, snuff out, stamp across, stretch out, stretched out, substandard, tainted, take a life, take apart, take care of, take for a ride, take for ride, take out, taking apart, taking for ride, taking out, terrorism, the business, the works, to one side, torpedo, trashed, turned, turning aside, unavailable, unrewarding, unroot, unsatisfactory, up front, vanishing, wash out, washed out, weed out, weeding out, whacked, whacking, wipe off face of earth, wipe slate clean

Antonyms

close, fresh, here, on, present

Cross references

rotten rancid sour inedible KO X out X-out above absent afar ahead apart aside assassination away away from bad be gone begone behind below beneath beside blot out blotted out blotting out blow away blue pencil