adj
Meaning 1
Constituting a limit or ending.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Standard Lemma guide
cutoff
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /kəˈtɒf/
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Received-Pronunciation: /kəˈtɔːf/
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General-American: ŏf
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General-American: /kəˈtɔf/
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cot-caught-merger: /kəˈtɑf/
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cot-caught-merger: [kəˈɾɑf]
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Australian: /kəˈtɔːf/
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Australian: [kəˈɾɔːf]
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CMU ARPABET: K AH1 T AO2 F Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Designating a score or value demarcating the presence (or absence) of a disease, condition, or similar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychology, sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
The point at which something terminates or to which it is limited.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
The point at which something terminates or to which it is limited.
A cutoff point (cutoff value, threshold value, cutpoint): the amount set by an operational definition as the transition point between states in a discretization or dichotomization.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
A road, path or channel that provides a shorter or quicker path; a shortcut.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
A device that stops the flow of a current.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 7
A device for saving steam by regulating its admission to the cylinder (see quotation at cut-off).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 8
A cessation in a flow or activity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 9
The player who acts directly before the player on the button pre-flop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: card-games, poker
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noun
Meaning 10
Shorts made by cutting off the legs from trousers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, in-plural, uncountable
Topics: fashion, lifestyle
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noun
Meaning 11
A sleeveless shirt, especially one made by cutting the sleeves off of a t-shirt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: fashion, lifestyle
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noun
Meaning 12
A horizontal line separating sections of the page.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: journalism, media
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noun
Meaning 13
a device that terminates the flow in a pipe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: device
noun
Meaning 14
a route shorter than the usual one
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shortcut, crosscut
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: road, route
noun
Meaning 15
a designated limit beyond which something cannot function or must be terminated
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: limit, limitation
History
Etymology
Deverbal from cut off.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: изключване (izključvane) — point at which something terminates or to which it is limited
- Bulgarian: прекъсване (prekǎsvane) — point at which something terminates or to which it is limited
- Finnish: päätepiste — point at which something terminates or to which it is limited
- French: seuil — point at which something terminates or to which it is limited
- French: de seuil — point at which something terminates or to which it is limited
- French: de coupure — point at which something terminates or to which it is limited
- Italian: soglia — point at which something terminates or to which it is limited
- Italian: di soglia — point at which something terminates or to which it is limited
- Italian: di taglio — point at which something terminates or to which it is limited
- Portuguese: término — point at which something terminates or to which it is limited
- Portuguese: limite — point at which something terminates or to which it is limited
- Romanian: separare (punct de...) — point at which something terminates or to which it is limited
- Romanian: întrerupere (punct de...) — point at which something terminates or to which it is limited
- Russian: выключе́ние (vyključénije) — point at which something terminates or to which it is limited
- Spanish: corte — point at which something terminates or to which it is limited
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