noun
Meaning 1
An offshoot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
spin-off
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.
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General-American: /ˈspɪn.ɔf/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈspɪn.ɒf/
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noun
Meaning 2
An incidental benefit or unexpected pay-off.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Space research often provides a spin-off for everyday technology.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A by-product.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
A fictional work where the protagonist was introduced in a preceding work or at least shares the same setting, often in a different aspect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing
Examples
- "Frasier" was a spin-off from the sitcom "Cheers".
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
The formation of a subsidiary company that continues the operations of part of the parent company; the company so formed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hive-off
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
a product made during the manufacture of something else
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: by-product, byproduct
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: product, production
History
Etymology
Deverbal from spin off.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 副产品 (fùchǎnpǐn) — incidental benefit or unexpected pay-off
- Finnish: lisähyöty — incidental benefit or unexpected pay-off
- Finnish: sivutuote — incidental benefit or unexpected pay-off
- Finnish: spin off — incidental benefit or unexpected pay-off
- Polish: produkt uboczny — incidental benefit or unexpected pay-off
- Catalan: esqueix — fictional work
- Chinese Mandarin: 衍生作品 (yǎnshēng zuòpǐn) — fictional work
- Chinese Mandarin: 番外篇 (fānwàipiān) — fictional work
- Esperanto: kromprodukto — fictional work
- Finnish: spin off — fictional work
- Finnish: spin off -ohjelma (TV program) — fictional work
- Finnish: oheisteos — fictional work
- Finnish: sivuteos — fictional work
- Finnish: oheissarja — fictional work
- Finnish: sivusarja — fictional work
- French: spin-off — fictional work
- German: Ableger — fictional work
- Japanese: 外伝 (gaiden) — fictional work
- Japanese: スピンオフ (supin-ofu) — fictional work
- Korean: 스핀오프 (seupinopeu) — fictional work
- Malay: cerita ranting — fictional work
- Polish: spin-off — fictional work
- Portuguese: spin-off — fictional work
- Russian: спин-о́фф (spin-óff) — fictional work
- Spanish: obra derivada — fictional work
- Spanish: esqueje — fictional work
- Swedish: spin-off — fictional work
- Chinese Mandarin: 分流企業 /分流企业 (fēnliú qǐyè) — formation of a subsidiary, the company so formed
- Finnish: irrottaminen — formation of a subsidiary, the company so formed
- Finnish: spinnaaminen — formation of a subsidiary, the company so formed
- Finnish: irrokki — formation of a subsidiary, the company so formed
- Finnish: irrotettu yritys — formation of a subsidiary, the company so formed
- Finnish: oheisyritys — formation of a subsidiary, the company so formed
- Finnish: spin off — formation of a subsidiary, the company so formed
- Finnish: spin off -yritys — formation of a subsidiary, the company so formed
- German: Ableger — formation of a subsidiary, the company so formed
- German: Spin-off — formation of a subsidiary, the company so formed
- Greek: τεχνοβλαστός (technovlastós) — formation of a subsidiary, the company so formed
- Polish: spółka wydzielona — formation of a subsidiary, the company so formed
- Swedish: spin-off — formation of a subsidiary, the company so formed
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