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off-season en · ADV
Etymology
Etymology tree
English off-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Old French a-
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 satiō
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.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) During the off-season.
Why don't we go to the Cape this weekend, and walk on the beach. I don't think I can stand to stay in this apartment one day longer. And it's not too expensive off season.
1981 February 14, Andrea Loewenstein, “Voices in the Night”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 29, page 8:
Forms
off-season en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree
English off-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Old French a-
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 satiō
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.
Meanings
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The part of the year when business is most slack and there are fewest clients or visitors.
Seaside resorts in the off-season are really depressing.
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A period of time when regular competitions are not being held, or when an athlete is not participating in competitions.
That’s why virtually nothing should be off the table this offseason, including the idea of improving at quarterback.
2023 April 5, Jeff Howe, “In Belichick’s pursuit of glory, nothing is off the table, even idea of trading Mac Jones”, in The Athletic:Alternating off-season and precontest cycles in bodybuilding over a period of years will result in the relatively quick development of a championship physique.
1983, Joe Weider, The Weider System of Bodybuilding, page 4:
Forms
Relateds
out of season · in season
Synonyms
low season · white week
Translations (9)
pl martwy sezon (period of slack business) · ru несезо́н (period of slack business) · hu holt szezon (period of slack business) · nb lavsesong (period of slack business) · fr morte-saison (period of slack business) · zh 淡季 (period of slack business) · ru межсезо́нье (period of slack business) · de Nebensaison (period of slack business) · fi matalasesonki (period of slack business)