OFFBEAT/OFF-BEAT

Meaning of OFFBEAT/OFF-BEAT in English

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OFFBEAT — I. noun Date: circa 1928 an unaccented beat or portion of a beat in a musical measure, II. adjective Date: …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
OFFBEAT — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: off (III) + beat : the part of a musical measure other than the principally accented …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
OFFBEAT — adj. /awf"beet", of"-/ ; n. /awf"beet', of"-/ , adj. 1. differing from the usual or expected; unconventional: an offbeat comedian. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OFF — /awf, of/ , adv. 1. so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OFFBEAT — adj. not coinciding with the regular beat (Music); unusual (Slang); unconventional (Slang)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
OFFBEAT — I. ˈȯf-ˌbēt noun Date: circa 1928 : an unaccented beat or portion of a beat in a musical measure II. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OFF — I. ˈȯf adverb Etymology: Middle English of, from Old English — more at of Date: before 12th century 1. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BEAT — I. ˈbēt verb ( beat ; beat·en ˈbē-t ə n ; or beat ; beat·ing ) Etymology: Middle English beten, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OFF — adv denoting opposition or negation. 2. off ·interj away; begone; a command to depart. 3. off ·adv in a …
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
OFFBEAT — ■ adjective 1》 Music not coinciding with the beat. 2》 unconventional; unusual. ■ noun Music any of the normally unaccented …
Concise Oxford English vocab
OFFBEAT — [off.beat] n (ca. 1928): the unaccented beat of a musical measure [2]off.beat adj (1938): eccentric, unconventional
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BEAT — [beat] vb beat ; beat.en or beat ; beat.ing [ME beten, fr. OE beatan; akin to OHG bozan to beat] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BEAT — Wave graphs illustrating how beat notes are produced by two different frequencies in physics, the pulsation caused by the combination …
Britannica English vocabulary
OFFBEAT — I offbeat adjective BrE AmE ˌɒf ˈbiːt ◂ ˌɔːf-, ˈ•• AmE ˌɔːf- ˌɑːf- II offbeat noun BrE AmE ˈɒf biːt …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
OFFBEAT — / ˌɒfˈbiːt; NAmE ˌɔːf-; ˌɑːf-/ adjective [ usually before noun ] ( informal ) different from what most people expect …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFF — / ɒf; NAmE ɔːf; ɑːf/ adverb , preposition , adjective , noun , verb ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFFBEAT — off ‧ beat /ˌɒfˈbiːt◂ $ ˌɒːf-/ BrE AmE adjective informal unusual and not what people normally expect, especially in an …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OFF — I. off 1 S1 W1 /ɒf $ ɒːf/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . away from a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OFFBEAT — adj. & n. --adj. 1 not coinciding with the beat. 2 eccentric, unconventional. --n. any of the unaccented beats in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. --adv. 1 away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BEAT — v., n., & adj. --v. (past beat; past part. beaten) 1 tr. a strike (a person or animal) persistently or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OFFBEAT — adj. & n. adj. 1 not coinciding with the beat. 2 eccentric, unconventional. n. any of the unaccented beats in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. adv. 1 away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BEAT — v., n., & adj. v. (past beat; past part. beaten) 1 tr. a strike (a person or animal) persistently or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OFFBEAT — adj. & n. --adj. 1. not coinciding with the beat. 2 eccentric, unconventional. --n. any of the unaccented beats in …
Oxford English vocab
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. --adv. 1. away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
BEAT — v., n., & adj. --v. (past beat; past part. beaten) 1. tr. a strike (a person or animal) persistently or …
Oxford English vocab
OFFBEAT — also off-beat If you describe something or someone as offbeat , you think that they are different from normal. ...a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFF — The preposition is pronounced /ɒf, AM ɔ:f/. The adverb is pronounced /ɒf, AM ɔ:f/ Frequency: The word is one of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFFBEAT — also off-beat If you describe something or someone as ~, you think that they are different from normal. ...a wickedly …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
OFFBEAT — adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ an offbeat romance novel EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Amelia Bedelia, the offbeat housekeeper, will …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OFFBEAT — [adjective] - unusual and strange and therefore surprising or noticeablean offbeat sense of humourHer taste in clothes remained offbeat, even …
Cambridge English vocab
BEAT — (MOVEMENT) [verb] [past simple] beat, [past participle] beaten or beat - to (cause to) make a regular movement or soundAlthough …
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
OFFBEAT — {adj.}, {informal} Nonconventional; different from the usual; odd. * /Linguistics used to be an offbeat field, but nowadays every self-respecting …
Slang English vocab
OFF — adj. sup off sup off or up back off blow off bring off buck off bug off bump off burn …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
OFFBEAT — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
OFFBEAT — adj. Offbeat is used with these nouns: ↑ sense of humour
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
OFFBEAT — adj. 25B6; adjective (informal) UNCONVENTIONAL, unorthodox, unusual, eccentric, idiosyncratic, outré, strange, bizarre, weird, peculiar, odd, freakish, outlandish, out of the …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BEAT — n. 25B6; verb they were beaten with truncheons : HIT, strike, batter, thump, bang, hammer, punch, knock, thrash, pound, pummel, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BEAT — v. 1 strike, pound, bash, smite, batter, pummel or pommel, belabour, pelt, clout, thrash, give (someone) a thrashing or beating, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
OFFBEAT — {adj.}, {informal} Nonconventional; different from the usual; odd. * /Linguistics used to be an offbeat field, but nowadays every self-respecting …
Словарь английских идиом
OFFBEAT — nonconventional, different from the usual The movie was very offbeat which is just the kind of movie that I like.
English Idioms vocab
OFFBEAT — adj. , informal Nonconventional; different from the usual; odd. Linguistics used to be an offbeat field, but nowadays every self-respecting …
American Idioms English vocabulary
OFFBEAT — прил. замечательный, выдающийся, поразительный Syn : exceptional, unusual, rare, unique, remarkable, outstanding Ant : established, general, invariable, normal, usual a …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OFF — 1. нареч. 1) указывает на отдаление, удаление от чего-л. He had to be off. ≈ Ему нужно было уйти. to …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OFFBEAT — Непривычный
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
OFFBEAT — offbeat.ogg ˈɔfbi:t _a. _разг. непривычный, необычный, диковинный
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
OFF — 1. ɒf n 1. положение «выключено» ( у приборов, выключателей и т. п. ) to be set at off - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
OFF — 1) второстепенный 2) выключенный 3) дальний 4) дальше отстоящий 5) незначительный 6) низкосортный 7) разъединенный 8) свободный • cast off the mooring rope — отдать причальный конец cut off a …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
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