Definitions for offset

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offset off·set

Spelling: [noun, adjective awf-set, of-; verb awf-

IPA: /noun, adjective ˈɔfˌsɛt, ˈɒf-; verb ˌɔfˈsɛt, ˌɒf-/

Offset is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 59 anagrams from letters in offset (effost).

Definitions for offset

noun

1. something that counterbalances, counteracts, or compensates for something else; compensating equivalent.
2. the start, beginning, or outset.
3. a short lateral shoot by which certain plants are propagated.
4. an offshoot or branch of a specific population or family.
5. any offshoot; branch.
6. Also called offset printing, offset lithography. Lithography. a process in which a lithographic stone or metal or paper plate is used to make an inked impression on a rubber blanket that transfers it to the paper being printed, instead of being made directly on the paper. the impression itself.
7. Also called setoff. Printing. an unintentional transfer of excess or undried ink from one printed sheet to another.
8. Geology. (in faults) the magnitude of displacement between two previously aligned bodies. a spur of a mountain range.
9. Machinery. a jog or short displacement in an otherwise straight and continuous line, as in a pipe, lever, or rod, made to avoid objects or to connect with other parts.
10. Architecture. setoff (def 3).
11. Surveying. a short distance measured perpendicularly from a main survey line. Also called offset line. a line a short distance from and parallel to a main survey line.
12. Naval Architecture. any of the coordinates by which any point on a hull being planned is located.

adjective

1. of, noting, or pertaining to an offset.
2. Lithography. pertaining to, printed by, or suitable for printing by offset.
3. placed away from a center line; off-center.
4. placed at an angle to something, as to the axis of a form, shape, or object; not parallel.

verb (used with object)

1. to counterbalance as an equivalent does; compensate for:
2. to juxtapose with something else, as for purposes of comparison:
3. Printing. to make an offset of. to print by the process of offset lithography.
4. Architecture. to build with a setoff, as a wall.
5. Surveying. to establish (a line) parallel to a main survey line at an offset.

verb (used without object)

1. to project as an offset or branch.
2. to counterbalance or compensate.
3. Printing. to make an offset.

Origin of offset

First recorded in 1545-55; after verb phrase set off

Examples for offset

He plants a tree in Central America for every bottle of Tru spirits he sells to offset the carbon produced in manufacturing.

What can they offer to offset the influences behind these bodies?

And it's been a notorious fact for years that immigration's modest economic benefits are offset by very large fiscal costs.

To offset this (p. 096) the Germans bombarded the British line at that point.

Here the spell of one sorceress can straightway be offset by that of her sister.

The belief had been big enough to offset all possible evidence.

Fortunately, Pomplamoose made some money to offset some of these expenses.

Carbon utilization can offset or even exceed, the additional cost of carbon scrubbing.

It is fair to say that the hesitancy of some was offset by the heroism of others.

The wealthy want to be seen as even more parsimonious, to offset the incriminating millions in their bank accounts.