offset
Part of speech: noun
verb
adv
adj
Morphological type: derivation
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Etymology: From off- + set, used to construct the noun form of the verb to set off. Compare Middle English ofsetten (“to encumber, harass, beset, besiege”), from Old English ofsettan (“to press, oppress, overwhelm, crush”).
Base: set
Affixes: off-
Inflected forms:
form: offsets
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: off-set
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: offsets
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: offsetting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: offset
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: offset
pos: verb
tags: past
form: offsetted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
rare
form: offsetted
pos: verb
tags: past
rare
form: off-set
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: more offset
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most offset
pos: adv
tags: superlative
form: off-set
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: more offset
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most offset
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: off-set
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
pos: noun
examples: Today's victory was an offset to yesterday's defeat.
There were more applicants for situations than vacancies, and nothing better or more congenial to my taste offering, I accepted a place in a Saloon. The salary was $100 per month, which was somewhat of an offset against the peculiarities of the position.
gloss: A form of countertrade arrangement, in which the seller agrees to purchase within a set time frame products of a certain value from the buying country. This kind of agreement may be used in large international public sector contracts such as arms sales.
pos: noun
gloss: A time at which something begins; outset.
pos: noun
examples: Later, Timberlake would tell Playboy that he noticed Ryan's talent from the offset, saying, 'I thought he had charisma that was just beaming, which has turned out to serve him really well as an actor.'
gloss: The offset printing process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface.
pos: noun
tags: attributive
often
examples: offset lithographs
offset process
gloss: The difference between a target memory address and a base address.
pos: noun
examples: An array of bytes uses its index as the offset, of words a multiple thereof.
gloss: The displacement between the base level of a measurement and the signal's real base level.
pos: noun
examples: The raw signal data was subjected to a baseline correction process to subtract the sensor's offset and drift variations.
gloss: The distance by which one thing is out of alignment with another.
pos: noun
examples: There is a small offset between the switch and the indicator which some users found confusing.
gloss: A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.
pos: noun
gloss: An abrupt bend in an object, such as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside.
pos: noun
gloss: A short prostrate shoot that takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc.
pos: noun
examples: […] [I]nfected tulips are weakened by the viruses that cause the very patterns and swirls that fascinated horticulturists and investors in the first place. Such bulbs tend to dwindle away instead of fattening up and producing offsets.
gloss: A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
pos: noun
gloss: A horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed by a diminution of its thickness, or by the weathering or upper surface of a part built out from it; a set-off.
pos: noun
gloss: A terrace on a hillside.
pos: noun
gloss: To counteract or compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I'll offset the time difference locally.
to offset one charge against another
But the modest gain in comfort and operating convenience so secured has been more than offset, in my experience, by the draughtiness of the standard cab.
In order to gain first-hand experience of the operation of the new services I made a footplate journey on the only down two-hour train in the current timetable, the 8.30 a.m. Paddington [to Birmingham], a new express put on to offset the withdrawal of the 8.40 a.m. from Euston.
The maroon livery of D1001 is offset, not only by yellow buffer beams and "aprons", but by white-painted cab window frames.
The company said its rising production and sales were largely offset by reductions in the impact of raw material use, for instance by replacing virgin cashmere fibres with regenerated cashmere that had previously been considered a waste material.
For many investors using $3,000 in losses to offset regular income taxes can be more financially beneficial than offsetting gains, said Indiana-based CFP Russ Ford, because their income tax rates are higher than their long-term capital gains rate, which is 15% for most investors.
gloss: To place out of line.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To form an offset in (a wall, rod, pipe, etc.).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: Away from or off from the set of a movie, film, video, or play.
pos: adv
examples: Offset Riley is romantically involved with Alexandra Maria Lara, who plays lan Curtis's lover Annik Honoré in Control.
Anita's pianoises are made offset for her by Norma Boleslawski, wife of late, great director Richard Boleslawski.
'Are the pubs open?' When the reply came back that they were indeed open, he would say, 'Then fuck your quarterly,' and rush offset, even though the break wasn't meant for the actors.
Not only did the cast and crew get along on set, that camaraderie continued offset as well.
For his scenes in alien form Bowie had to spend up to five hours each day in make-up: offset he painted, wrote and read voraciously.
gloss: Away from or off from the set of a movie, film, video, or play.
pos: adj
examples: By then, the cast had become good friends and spent all their offset time together.
This is the principal need for a stand-in. To allow the actor to reset their own performance in a space right offset; which may also include resetting wardrobe and makeup.
Offset photos show him absorbed in a biography of acting hero Buster Keaton upon whom Bowie modelled his stone face — 'on which you could read anything'.
Synonyms: compensate for
counterbalance
countervail
equivalence
offlay
offset
offstand
set off
Antonyms: surmount
overcome
overpoise
overpower
Related words: equiponderate
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