Definitions for OFFSET
ˈɔfˌsɛt, ˈɒf-; ˌɔfˈsɛt, ˌɒf-off·set

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offsetnoun

   the time at which something is supposed to begin

   "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"

2. counterbalance, offsetnoun

   a compensating equivalent

3. stolon, runner, offsetnoun

   a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips

4. outgrowth, branch, offshoot, offsetnoun

   a natural consequence of development

5. offset, offset printingnoun

   a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper

6. set-back, setoff, offsetverb

   structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly

7. offset, countervailverb

   compensate for or counterbalance

   "offset deposits and withdrawals"

8. cancel, offset, set offverb

   make up for

   "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength"

9. offsetverb

   cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface

10. offsetverb

    create an offset in

    "offset a wall"

11. offsetverb

    produce by offset printing

    "offset the conference proceedings"

GCIDERate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Offsetnoun

   See offset printing.

2. Offsetnoun

   (Print.) A more or less distinct transfer of a printed page or picture to the opposite page, when the pages are pressed together before the ink is dry or when it is poor; an unitended transfer of an image from one page to another; called also setoff.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. offsetnoun

   Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.

   Today's victory was an offset to yesterday's defeat.

2. offsetnoun

   A form of countertrade arrangement, in which the seller agrees to purchase within a set time frame products of a certain value from the the buying country. This kind of agreement may be used in large international public sector contracts such as arms sales.

3. offsetnoun

   A time at which something begins; outset.

   You can hear the gun go off at the offset of the race.

4. offsetnoun

   A printing method, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface.

5. offsetnoun

   The difference between a target memory address and a base address.

   An array of bytes uses its index as the offset, of words a multiple thereof.

6. offsetnoun

   The distance by which one thing is out of alignment with another.

   There is a small offset between the switch and the indicator which some users found confusing.

7. offsetverb

   To compensate for something.

   I'll offset the time difference locally.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Offsetnoun

   Sprout; shoot of a plant.

   Etymology: off and set.

   They are multiplied not only by the seed, but many also by the root, producing offsets or creeping under ground. John Ray.

   Some plants are raised from any part of the root, others by offsets, and in others the branches set in the ground will take root. John Locke.

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1. offset

   Offset generally refers to a consideration or amount that serves to counterbalance or counteract something. It could be a deviation or discrepancy from a standard, expectation, or norm. The term can be used in various fields like computing, engineering, finance or graphics with varying specifics but the underlying concept remains the same - to compensate, balance or make adjustments for something.

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Offset

   In computer science, an offset within an array or other data structure object is an integer indicating the distance from the beginning of the object up until a given element or point, presumably within the same object. The concept of a distance is valid only if all elements of the object are the same size. For example, given an array of characters A, containing abcdef, one can say that the element containing the letter 'c' has an offset of 2 from the start of A.

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1. offset

   Song lyrics by offset -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by offset on the Lyrics.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Compensation
   • Consequence
   • Make
   • Plant Organ
   • Point In Time
   • Print
   • Transfer

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'OFFSET' in Verbs Frequency: #1090

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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Anagrams for OFFSET »

1. set off

2. setoff

How to pronounce OFFSET?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say OFFSET in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of OFFSET in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of OFFSET in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of OFFSET in a Sentence

1. Richard Hastings:

   Tuesday oil trading action is dominated by transitions to the December contract for West Texas Intermediate. Price action is undecided, nearly directionless, monday was pretty bearish, and this morning's trades suggest there is nothing to offset that mood today.

2. Ric Spooner:

   I share the consensus view that producers are unlikely to reach an agreement (on cuts), the rationale being the need to satisfy two conditions, first, any price gains must offset losses achieved from volume cuts - production cuts must be meaningful - sufficiently large to achieve a substantial price increase. And they will have to involve everybody - all the major (producer) players. That will be difficult to achieve.

3. Jeffrey Lewis:

   So the funny thing about nuclear weapons is that your weapons don’t offset their weapons, look at Israel. Israel is nuclear armed and is terrified of Iran getting nuclear weapons, so Israel’s nuclear weapons don’t in any fundamental way offset the threat they feel from Iran’s nuclear weapons.

4. Todd Rosenbluth:

   What we've seen this year is some of these stocks perform excellently, and some of them don't, but you're not buying this to offset the winners and the laggards in cyber security.

5. Pimco Group:

   The Fund's interest rate strategies in the U.S., U.K., and euro zone benefited, the recovery in breakeven inflation rates helped the Fund's TIPS holdings offset detraction from an underweight to corporate credit.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=OFFSET
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=OFFSET
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Offset
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=OFFSET
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=OFFSET
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=OFFSET