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Noun offset has 6 senses
- beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset - 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"
--1 is a kind of point, point in time
--1 has particulars:
- counterbalance, offset - a compensating equivalent
--2 is a kind of compensation
- stolon, runner, offset - a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
--3 is a kind of plant organ
- outgrowth, branch, offshoot, offset - a natural consequence of development
--4 is a kind of consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot
- offset, offset printing - a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper
--5 is a kind of printing, printing process
--5 has particulars: photo-offset printing, photo-offset; letterset printing
- set-back, setoff, offset - structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly
--6 is a kind of structure, construction
Verb offset has 5 senses
- offset, countervail - compensate for or counterbalance; "offset deposits and withdrawals"
--1 is one way to balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- cancel, offset, set off - make up for; "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength"
--2 is one way to balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise
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- offset - cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface
--3 is one way to transfer
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Somebody ----s something
- offset - create an offset in; "offset a wall"
--4 is one way to make, create
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Somebody ----s something
- offset - produce by offset printing; "offset the conference proceedings"
--5 is one way to print, impress
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