adv
Meaning 1
During the off-season.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
off-season
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noun
Meaning 2
The part of the year when business is most slack and there are fewest clients or visitors.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Seaside resorts in the off-season are really depressing.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: low season, white week
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A period of time when regular competitions are not being held, or when an athlete is not participating in competitions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
the season when travel is least active and rates are lowest
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: high season
Broader terms: season
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English off- French a- Proto-Indo-European *seh1-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *sísh1eti Proto-Italic *sizō Latin serō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin satiōnem Old French saison French saison Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Middle French -er French -er French assaisonnerbor. English season English off-season From off- + season.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese: 淡季 (dànjì) — period of slack business
- Finnish: matalasesonki — period of slack business
- French: morte-saison — period of slack business
- German: Nebensaison — period of slack business
- Hungarian: holt szezon — period of slack business
- Norwegian Bokmål: lavsesong — period of slack business
- Polish: martwy sezon — period of slack business
- Russian: несезо́н (nesezón) — period of slack business
- Russian: межсезо́нье (mežsezónʹje) — period of slack business
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