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off

 
 
/ɒf/ adverb, preposition

Translation

NOT TOUCHING not touching or connected to something or not on a surface
...dan/den öteye/uzağa
Keep off the grass! A button came off my coat.1729
AWAY away from a place or position
...dan/den uzakta/ötede/ayrı
He ran off to find his friend. I'll be off (= will go) soon.1727
NOT OPERATING not operating or being used
serbest, boş, çalışmaz
Make sure you switch your computer off.2503
NEAR near to a building or place
bir yere/binaya yakın; yakınında
an island off the coast of Spain1726
PRICE If a price has a certain amount of money off, it costs that much less than the usual price.
...dan/den dah düşük fiyata/ucuz/aşağı/aşağıda
These jeans were $10 off.1423
DISTANCE/TIME far in distance or time
...dan/den uzakta/ötede; zamanından uzakta/ötede
You can see the village off in the distance. My holidays seem a long way off.1727
go off sth/sb UK to stop liking something or someone
soğumak, uzaklaşmak, artık sevmemek
I've gone off meat.947
NOT AT WORK not at work
izinde, çalışmıyor, boş, mesaide değil
I had 6 months off when my son was born. → See also off the cuff → See also on and off2081
(Definition of off adverbpreposition from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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