{
    "term": "off",
    "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "used to say that something has been removed or become separated",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He's had his beard shaved off."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Take your coat off."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The label must have fallen off."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't leave the toothpaste with the top off."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "not connected or functioning",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The water is off."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Make sure the TV is off."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "down or away from a place; at a distance in space or time",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I called him but he ran off."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I gave up riding after I fell off."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sarah's off in India somewhere."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I must be off *(= I must leave)* soon."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Summer's not far off now."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A solution is still some way off."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Off you go! **Enjoy yourselves!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "away from work or duty",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She's off today."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've got three days off next week."
                },
                {
                    "text": "How many days did you **take off**?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I need some **time off**."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Working life"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "starting a race",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They're off *(= the race has begun)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "taken from the price",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "shoes with $20 off"
                },
                {
                    "text": "All shirts have/are 10 per cent off."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "no longer going to happen; cancelled",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The wedding is off."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "no longer available or being served",
            "labels": "(especially British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Sorry, the duck is off."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 9,
            "definition": "behind or at the sides of the stage in a theatre",
            "examples": [],
            "synonyms": "offstage"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be in a better or worse situation",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She's better off without him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The weather was so bad we'd have been better off staying at home."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We can't be any worse off than we are already."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have a particular amount of something",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "How are we off for coffee *(= how much do we have)*?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say how much money somebody has",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Families will be better off under the new law *(= will have more money)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are both comfortably off *(= have enough money to be able to buy what they want without worrying too much about the cost)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "from time to time; now and again",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It rained on and off all day."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɒf/",
                "audio": "of/off/off__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɔːf/",
                "audio": "of/off/off__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English, originally a variant of of (which combined the senses of ‘of’ and ‘off’)."
}