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Whatsmyname takes an early lead, with Remember The Mane behind by a nose."},{"definition":"Far; off to the side.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"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.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"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.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(of a dish on a menu) Presently unavailable.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"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).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":["near"],"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.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":["leg","on"]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":["fresh","leg","on","near","on"]},{"partOfSpeech":"adverb","definitions":[{"definition":"In a direction away from the speaker or object.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He drove off in a cloud of smoke."},{"definition":"Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Please switch off the light when you leave."},{"definition":"So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"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.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"preposition","definitions":[{"definition":"Not positioned upon; away from a position upon.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He's off the roof now."},{"definition":"Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"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.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"His office is off this corridor on the right."},{"definition":"Used to express location at sea relative to land or mainland.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The island is 23 miles off the cape."},{"definition":"Removed or subtracted from.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"There's 20% off the list price."},{"definition":"No longer wanting or taking.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He's been off his feed since Tuesday."},{"definition":"(more properly 'from') Out of the possession of.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"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.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I'd like to re-order those printer cartridges, let's say 5-off."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":["on"]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/off"]}]