The prepositions on and off have different meanings. Translation and meaning of OFF in English and Russian What is off

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off- off1 [ôf, äf] adv. 1. so as to be or keep away, at a distance, to a side, etc. 2. so as to be measured, divided, etc. n)
1. off position (
2. at devices, switches, etc.
to be set at ~ - to be in the “off” position
3. free time in one’s ~ - in free time sport.)
4. part of the field to the left of the bowler ( cricket
decomposition
beginning, start
2. ready for the ~ - ready to start from the ~ - from the very beginning[ɒf]
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1. more distant, distant
2. 1) located on the right side, on the right
the ~ horse - right harness
2) the ~ side of the road - right side of the road the ~ wheel of a cart - the right wheel of the cart about the ship)
3) free time located to the left of the bowler ( about part of the field - cricket)
3. minor, less important, insignificant
~ street - lane; street
~ issue - minor issue
4. free, unoccupied
day ~, ~ day - free day; non-working day [ Wed etc. 5, 1)]
~ time - free time
a pastime for one‘s ~ hours - entertainment /activities/ during rest /leisure hours/
we are ~ (on) Wednesdays during the summer - in the summer we are closed on Wednesdays /on Wednesdays our store is closed/
we get two days ~ at Christmas - on Christmas we have two days off
5. 1) unsuccessful, unfavorable
~ day - unlucky day [ Wed etc. 4]
~ season - low season
2) not entirely healthy
he is feeling rather ~ today - today he feels unwell
3) stale ( about food)
the meat looks a bit ~ - the meat doesn’t look very good
the fish is ~ - the fish has gone bad
4) low-grade, low quality; below (usual) standard
~ grade - low quality
~ year - a) a lean year; b) a year with low business activity
6. erroneous, incorrect
you are ~ on that point - here you are wrong
your figures are way ~ - your calculations are completely wrong
3. ready for the ~ - ready to start adv points to
1. completeness of action
1) movement away, to the side, etc. - conveyed by verbal prefixes from-, u-, you-, s- and etc.
to drive ~ - to leave; drive off
to walk ~ - leave
to go ~ on a journey - go on a journey
the children ran ~ - the children ran away
he pushed me ~ - he pushed me away
he sent the parcel ~ - he sent the parcel
when does the plane take ~? - when does the plane take off?
he turned ~ into a side street - he turned into the alley
2) movement from top to bottom - conveyed by verb prefixes s-, co-
to fall ~ - to fall
to jump ~ - jump
to slip ~ - to slide
3) separation of a part from the whole - conveyed by verb prefixes from-, from-
to break ~ - break off
to shake ~ - shake off
to bite ~ a piece - bite off a piece
cut the end~ - cut off the tip
one of the wheels flew ~ - one wheel jumped off
the handle came ~ - the handle [button] came off
mark it ~ into three equal parts - measure so that you get three equal parts
4) removing an item of clothing, etc.:
he took his coat ~ - he took off his coat [glasses]
hats~! - hats off!
with his shoes ~ - without shoes, barefoot
5) bringing an action to the end, to the limit:
to drink ~ - drink (to the bottom)
to pay ~ one‘s debt - pay off the entire debt
to kill ~ the animals - destroy the animals
2. distance
1) about distance:
a long way ~, far ~ - far away
a little way ~ - not far, close
the town is five miles ~ - the city is five miles away
~ in the distance he saw a light - far ahead he saw a light
2) in time:
the vacation is not far ~ - it’s not long before the holidays
June is three months ~ - there are still three months until June
my holiday is a week ~ - my holiday in a week
3. 1) (sudden)termination:
to break ~ work - interrupt work
to cur ~ supplies - stop supply /supplies/
to break ~ with smb. - break off / terminate relations / with someone.
he broke ~ in the middle of the sentence - in the middle of the phrase he suddenly stopped
2) cancellation, annulment, etc.:
the deal is ~ - the deal is canceled
the concert is ~ - the concert is canceled
4. 1) reduction or reduction:
the number of visitors dropped ~ - the number of visitors has decreased
the profits fell ~ - profits decreased
2) subsiding or weakening:
the pain passed ~ - the pain has subsided
3) deliverance, liberation from smth.:
to marry /to get/ one’s daughters ~ - to marry daughters
4) turning off a device or mechanism:
to turn /to switch, to put/ ~ - turn off
switch ~ the light - turn off the light
he turned ~ the radio - he turned off the radio
he shut ~ the engine - he turned off the engine
5. security:
he lives comfortably ~ - he is a wealthy / rich / person
he earns well ~ - he earns well; he has enough money
6. in combinations:
to be ~ - part of the field to the left of the bowler ( a) leave, leave; I must be ~ - I must go / leave /; we are ~ now - well, we went / set off /; b) absent; to be ~ sick - to be absent due to illness; he‘s ~ on Tuesdays - it doesn’t happen on Tuesdays; she‘s been ~ for a week - she wasn’t there for a whole week; c) not enough; not enough; there are two buttons ~ - two buttons are missing; I’m sorry the lamb is ~ - unfortunately, there is no more lamb / the lamb is over /; d) fail, break down; the TV set is ~ - TV [radio and so on.] does not work; d) be like smb. secured [ Wed etc. 5]
to be well ~ for smth. - to be well [poorly] endowed with smth.
you must be badly ~ for books - you obviously don’t have enough books
he is badly /poorly/ ~ - he needs, he is poor
♢ hands~! - hands off!
he is neither ~ nor on - he says neither yes nor no; he hesitates
be ~!, ~ you go! - get out!, go away!; go away!
~ with you! - get out of here!
~ with his head! - cut off his head!
~ with the old and on with the new! - out with the old, long live the new!
keep~! - a) carefully!, beware!; b) don't approach!
to see smb. ~ - to see someone off.
to sleep smth. ~ - after getting enough sleep, get rid of / recover / from smth.
to sleep ~ a bad headache - cure a severe headache with sleep
he took himself ~ - he went
For other combinations, see under the corresponding words
4. ready for the ~ - ready to start v coll. 1. 1) stop ( negotiations, etc.)
2) back down
2. Amer. sl. kill, put to death; "liquidate", "remove"
3. mor. rare move away from the shore, go out to sea
5. ready for the ~ - ready to start prep points to
1. 1) removal or separation from smth. With
to take the pan ~ the stove - remove the pan from the stove
to fall ~ the ladder - fall from the stairs [from a horse]
get ~ the table - leave the table
there‘s a button ~ your dress - a button has come off on your dress
he got the matter ~ his hands - he got rid of this matter
he is ~ the beaten track - he did not follow the beaten path
keep ~ the grass - don't walk on the grass! ( inscription)
2) branch from smth.:
a street ~ Fifth Avenue - the street running from Fifth Avenue
2. being on some(usually close)distance from smb. from
a street ~ the square - the street that opens onto the square
ten miles ~ the island - ten miles from the island
the ship sank ~ the coast - the ship sank near the coast
3. reduction, discount less, lower
at 10% ~ the regular price - 10% lower than the regular price
4. part of the field to the left of the bowler (source from, at
to borrow smth. ~ smb. - borrow [buy] smth. from smb.
5. 1) food, material, substance - creation is often conveyed. case:
to dine ~ roast beef - dine with fried beef
they lunched ~ sandwiches - they had breakfast with sandwiches
2) source of livelihood or income:
they lived ~ tourists - they lived off income from tourists
6. deviation from the norm:
~ the mark - a) past the target ( about the shot); b) irrelevant
~ one’s balance - out of balance
he's ~ his head - part of the field to the left of the bowler ( he's crazy
he is ~ his feed - part of the field to the left of the bowler ( he has no appetite
he‘s ~ drug now - he no longer takes drugs
7. non-participation in sth.; reluctance to participate in smth., do sth.
~ duty - not on duty
he‘s gone ~ science fiction - he stopped loving science fiction
I‘m ~ smoking - I don’t smoke anymore
♢ ~ the map - non-existent, disappeared
it is ~ the question - this is out of the question
~ the wind - the ~ side of the road - right side of the road with a tailwind, backstay heading
6. ready for the ~ - ready to start int 1) attention!; stop!
2) away!; Down with!

OFF

I abbr. decomposed; see officer III1. adj1) kft. off-screen; behind the scenes voix off - voice-over 2) avant-garde, experimental (about theatre) 3) outside...

off free (about time, hours); an off day a day off, a free day off distant, more remote; an off road off secondary; an off street lane; that is an off issue to be badly off; to be comfortably off making good money; to be well supplied off indicates termination, interruption, end of action, cancellation, cancellation: to break off negotiations to cut off supplies to stop supplying; the strike is off the concert is off the concert is canceled the cover is off the cover is removed; the gilt is off the gilding has come off; trans. disappointment set in to cut off supplies; the strike is off the concert is off the concert is canceled off indicates absence, impossibility of obtaining: the dish is off this dish is no longer there (although it is listed on the menu) they pushed me off my seat they pushed me out of my place; to fall off a ladder (tree, horse) to polish off; to finish off stale; the fish is a bit off the fish is not quite fresh off indicates the distance: a long way off far; five miles off; five miles the cover is off; the gilt is off the gilding has come off; trans. disappointment set in. off indicates taking off an item of clothing: take off your coat! take off your coat!; hats off! Hats off! off prep indicates: non-participation (in smth.): he is off gambling he does not gamble; off the cuff without preparation off one's food without appetite; he is off smoking he quit smoking off not quite healthy; I am feeling rather off today I don't feel well today off indicates removal, separation: I must be off I must leave ; off you go!, be off!, off with you! go away! five miles off; five miles off prep indicates distance from; a mile off the road to keep off; keep aloof; my hat is off off prep indicates: non-participation (in something): he is off gambling he does not gamble; off the cuff without preparation off indicates: turning off, disconnecting (some kind of) apparatus or mechanism: to switch off the light off secondary; an off street lane; that is an off issue this is a minor issue off Thursday. off off distant, more distant; an off road indicates the completion of an action: to pay off to pay (to the end); to drink off to drink (to the bottom) off indicates deliverance: to throw off reserve to become bolder, to become brave off unlikely; on the off chance decom. just in case, off sport. located, located to the left of the bowler (about part of the cricket field) off not entirely healthy; I am feeling rather off today the fish is a bit off the fish is not quite fresh off the bad harvest (about the year); dead (of the season) off low-grade; off grade of low quality off prep indicates a deviation from the norm, the usual state: off one "s balance lost balance (also translated) off indicates absence, impossibility of obtaining: the dish is off this dish no longer exists (although it is listed on the menu ) off right; the off hind leg; the off side of the ship, facing the open sea, to stop (negotiations, etc.); end of action, cancellation, cancellation: to break off negotiations off int away!, out! off indicates the distance: a long way off five miles off prep indicates the distance from; off the road at a distance of a mile from the road off free time; in one's off at leisure off free (about time, hours); an off day a day off, a free day off indicates freedom from work: to take time off to take a break from work off indicates the removal of an item of clothing: take off your coat! take off your coat!; hats off! Hats off! off removed, separated; the wheel is off the wheel has been removed, jumped off indicates removal, separation: I must be off I must leave; off you go!, be off!, get off!, off with you! get out!; go away! off prep indicates removal from surface c; take you hands off the table off sport. the part of the field located to the left of the bowler (in cricket) off low grade; off grade low quality off right; the off hind leg the off side right side; mor. side of the ship facing the open sea off to off it coll. leave, run away off prep indicates a deviation from the norm, the usual state: off one's balance lost balance (also translated) off one's food without appetite; he is off smoking he quit smoking off right; the off hind leg the off side right side; mor. side of the ship facing the open sea off side sport. (position) offside off the beaten track away from high road; trans. in little-known areas; off the coast off prep indicates: non-participation (in something): he is off gambling he does not gamble; off the cuff without preparation off the mark misses the target (about the shot) off the mark irrelevant off the point far from the goal off the point irrelevant point: to carry one's off to defend one's position; to achieve one's goal; to gain one's point to achieve the goal; off the point inappropriately off indicates removal, separation: I must be off I must leave; off you go!, be off!, get off!, off with you! get out!; go away! off indicates removal, separation: I must be off I must leave; off you go!, be off!, get off!, off with you! get out!; go away! off unlikely; on the off chance decom. just in case, off indicates completion of the action: to pay off to pay (to the end); to drink off to drink (to the bottom) pay: off off to pay a debt off off to pay off off to repay, to take revenge off off to pay off off to pay in full; settle accounts (with someone); cover (debt); pay off; to pay off handsomely dismiss (workers) off off pay off off off write off the crew from the ship off off dismiss off off sea. evade, fall into the wind to polish off; to finish off finish polish: off off colloquial. get rid of (from a competitor, etc.) off off coll. finish, quickly deal with (smth.); to polish off a bottle of sherry the radio was off the whole day they are off they went; to run off run away run: off off not to make an impression; the scoldings run off him like water off a duck's back they scold him, but he's like water off a duck's back off off distract from the subject (conversation) off off strain; flush (water) off off decide the outcome of the race off off write poetry; smartly recite off off to run away; to run away (with - from) the street off the Strand the street leading from the Strand or going to the Strand to cut off supplies the strike is off the strike is over the concert is canceled off indicates; on: turning off, disconnecting (something) a device or mechanism: to switch off the light off indicates the removal of an item of clothing: take off your coat!; hats off!; hats off! : to take time off take a break from work off prep indicates removal from the surface; take you hands off the table off an off street lane; that is an off issue; they are off; to run off they pushed me off my seat; to fall off a ladder (tree, horse) to fall from a ladder (tree, horse) off indicates deliverance: to throw off reserve to become bolder, to become brave trade off to sell, to exchange trade: off off to change one indicator at the expense of another off off to exchange; trade(up)on to benefit, to use for personal purposes off off to exchange off off to sacrifice off off to sell off removed, separated; the wheel is off

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One of the fascinating - and sometimes challenging - aspects of the English language is how the same words can have several different meanings. We will look at the use of two prepositions - “ on" And " off” - in different meanings.

ON

First let's look at using " on”.

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I will see you on Tuesday - see you on Tuesday
In this sentence, the preposition “on” is used to indicate the exact day on which something will happen.

The party is still on ! - the party is still going on
And in this sentence, “on” means that something will happen and continue according to plan.

The ball was on target for the goal! – accurately hit the ball into the goal!
Here the word “on” means “right or necessary direction.”

Are you still on for the match tomorrow? – Have you changed your mind about going to tomorrow’s match?
In this sentence, “on” is used to mean “you are still interested in doing something or going somewhere.”

I left the light on ! – I left the light on
In this sentence, “on” means that some electrical device, such as a TV, radio or lighting, is turned on.

OFF

Now let's look at the word " off" Here are some examples of its use.

I'm off work next Monday – I don’t work next Monday
The word “off” means “there is no need to do something”

I'm off on my holiday soon! – I’m going on vacation soon!
And here “off” simply means “to leave.”

I’m off my food at the moment - now I shouldn’t eat
In this case, “off” means “not being able to do something,” or “need to avoid something.”

“Pooh! This milk is off!” - ugh! This milk has gone sour!
In this case, the word “off” simply means “inedible.” This cannot be eaten or drunk. This food is rotten, rotten, sour.

Please turn off the light! – please turn off the light!
In this sentence, the word “off” means “to disconnect,” or to turn off the power supply to an appliance, or to turn off a light bulb.

Like this, looking closely at in simple words, you can find out how they can change the meaning of a sentence and be used in a variety of cases.