off

Pronunciation: [ɒf]

Average Rank: 185

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

a. 关着的, 不再生效的, 处于...境况的, 休假的, 空闲的 adv. 走开, ...掉, ...下, 休息, 出发, 隔断 prep. 离开, 脱落, 不在从事......, 在...之外 vi. 离开, 滚开 vt. 杀死 n. 关闭状态 [计] 关闭, 清屏命令

Detailed Explanations:
  • a. not in operation or operational
  • s. below a satisfactory level
  • a. (of events) no longer planned or scheduled
  • s. in an unpalatable state
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk
Word Forms:
Present Participle: offing
Past: offed
3rd Person: offs
Past Participle: offed

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#253

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 97.5% (Top 97.5% most frequent)
97.5%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#141

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 98.6% (Top 98.6% most frequent)
98.6%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

Project Gutenberg
#161

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 98.4% (Top 98.4% most frequent)
98.4%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

Insights

This word appears in 3 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across academic, conversational, and literary contexts.

Usage pattern: Most frequent in Wikipedia, making it particularly important for that context.

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