Off vs With - What's the difference?
off | with |
In a direction away from the speaker or object.
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Into a state of non-operation; into a state of non-existence.
Inoperative, disabled.
:All the lights are off .
Rancid, rotten.
:This milk is off !
(cricket) In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.
Less than normal, in temperament or in result.
:sales are off this quarter
Circumstanced (as in well off'', ''better off'', ''poorly off ).
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Started on the way.
:off to see the wizard
:And they're off ! Whatsmyname takes an early lead, with Remember The Mane behind by a nose.
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Far; off to the side.
:the off horse or ox in a team, in distinction from the nigh or near horse
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*:So this was my future home, I thought!Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
*1937 , (Zora Neale Hurston), Their Eyes Were Watching God , Harper Perennial (2000), p.151:
*:He came in, took a look and squinched down into a chair in an off corner and didn’t open his mouth.
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.
:He took an off''' day for fishing. an '''off''' year in politics; the '''off season
(Used to indicate movement away from a position on)
(colloquial) Out of the possession of.
Away from or not on.
Disconnected or subtracted from.
Distant from.
No longer wanting or taking.
(slang) To kill.
(Singapore) To switch off.
Against.
* 1621 , , The Proceedings of the English Colony in Virginia [http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_2/john_smith.html]
In the company of; alongside, along side of; close to; near to.
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In addition to; as an accessory to.
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* 1590 , Sir (Philip Sidney), (w, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia) ,
* 1697 , (Virgil), (John Dryden) (translator), '', in ''The Works of Virgil ,
* 1861 , (Alexander Pope), The Rev. George Gilfillan (editor) The Fourth Pastoral, or Daphne'', in ''
* 1994 , (Stephen Fry), (The Hippopotamus) Chapter 2
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, title= (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.
* 1300s? , Political, Religious and Love Poems , “An A B C Poem on the Passion of Christ”, ed. (Frederick James Furnivall), 1866
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* 1669 , (Nathaniel Morton), New England’s Memorial
Using as an instrument; by means of.
* 1430? , “The Love of Jesus” in Hymns to the Virgin and Christ , ed. (Frederick James Furnivall), 1867, p.26
* 1619 , (Francis Beaumont) and (John Fletcher), A King and no King , Act IV
* 1620 , (William Bradford). Of Plymouth Plantation [http://narcissus.umd.edu:8080/eada/html/display.jsp?docs=bradford_history.xml&action=show]
* 1677 , (w), The plain-dealer , Prologue
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= (obsolete) As nourishment, more recently replaced by on.
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Having, owning.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= (Midwestern US) along, together with others/group etc.
* King James Bible
As adverbs the difference between off and with
is that off is in a direction away from the speaker or object while with is along, together with others/group etc.As prepositions the difference between off and with
is that off is Used to indicate movement away from a position onwith is against.As an adjective off
is inoperative, disabled.As a verb off
is to kill.As a noun with is
alternative form of lang=en.off
English
Adverb
(en adverb)Usage notes
* Used in many , off'' is an adverbial particle often mistakenly thought of as a preposition. (It ''can be used as a preposition, but such usage is rare and usually informal; see below.)Synonyms
* away, outAntonyms
* on, inDerived terms
* back off * bite off * break off * bring off * call off * clean off * cut off, cutoff * die off * drop off * fall off * fuck off * get off * go off * goof off * hold off * keep off * kick off, kickoff * knock off * lay off, layoff * leave off * let off * light off * live off * make off * make off with * nod off * pay off, payoff * piss off * pull off * put off * ring off * rip off, ripoff * round off * run off, runoff * see off * set off * show off, showoff * sleep off * shake off * switch off * take off * tell off * tick off * turn off, turnoff * walk it off * wear offAdjective
(en adjective)Antonyms
* (inoperative) on * (rotten) fresh * (cricket) on, legDerived terms
* off to the racesPreposition
(English prepositions)- I took it off''' the table.''; ''Come '''off the roof!
- He didn't buy it off''' him. He stole it '''off him.
- He's off''' the computer, but he's still on the phone.''; ''Keep '''off the grass.
- We've been off''' the grid for three days now.''; ''He took 20% '''off the list price.
- We're just off''' the main road.''; ''The island is 23 miles ' off the cape.
- He's been off''' his feed since Tuesday.''; ''He's '''off his meds again.
- Tantalum bar 6 off 3/8" Dia × 12" — Atom, Great Britain Atomic Energy Authority, 1972
- samples submitted … 12 off Thermistors type 1K3A531 … — BSI test report for shock and vibration testing, 2000
- I'd like to re-order those printer cartridges, let's say 5-off .
Antonyms
*Derived terms
* off-campus * off one's feedVerb
(en verb)- He got in the way so I had him offed .
- Can you off the light?
Derived terms
* off-licence, off-license, offie, offywith
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) with, from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete) * (obsolete contraction) * (abbreviation) *Preposition
(English prepositions)- Many hatchets, knives, & pieces of iron, & brass, we see, which they reported to have from the Sasquesahanocks a mighty people, and mortal enemies with the Massawomecks.
- With that she told me that though she spake of her father, whom she named Chremes, she would hide no truth from me: ...
- With this he pointed to his face, and show'd
- His hand and all his habit smear'd with blood.
The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope,
- See where, on earth, the flowery glories lie,
- With' her they flourish'd, and ' with her they die.
- With a bolt of fright he remembered that there was no bathroom in the Hobhouse Room. He leapt along the corridor in a panic, stopping by the long-case clock at the end where he flattened himself against the wall.
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- Al þus with iewys I am dyth, I seme a wyrm to manus syth.
- Ysiphile, betrayed with Jasoun, / Maketh of your trouthe neyther boost ne soun;
- He was torn to / pieces with a bear:
- He was sick and lame of the scurvy, so as he could but lie in the cabin-door, and give direction, and, it should seem, was badly assisted either with mate or mariners
- Þirle my soule with þi spere anoon,
- you have paid me equal, Heavens, / And sent my own rod to correct me with
- They had cut of his head upon the cudy of his boat had not the man reskued him with a sword,
- And keep each other company in spite, / As rivals in your common mistress, fame, / And with faint praises one another damn;
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- I am fain to dine and sup with water and bran.
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Quotations
* (English Citations of "with")Derived terms
* withness * with itSynonyms
* * (medicine)Antonyms
* withoutAdverb
(-)- Do you want to come with?
Etymology 2
Noun
(en noun)- And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.