"one-off" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: en-us-one-off.ogg [US], En-au-one-off.ogg [Australia] Forms: more one-off [comparative], most one-off [superlative]
Etymology: From one + off. Probably from foundry work, for which making reusable molds is expensive and expediency the rule for molds not to be used only once. A term long used by artists who are printmakers and sculptors to indicate a unique print or casting. If using traditional edition numbering, a one-off would be a "1/1", which is said, "one of one" meaning the first print in an edition of one. Etymology templates: {{af|en|one|off}} one + off Head templates: {{en-adj}} one-off (comparative more one-off, superlative most one-off)
  1. Occurring once, independent of any pattern; one-time. Translations (occurring once; one-time): eenmalige (Afrikaans), еднократен (ednokraten) (Bulgarian), jednorázový (Czech), eenmalig (Dutch), ainutkertainen (Finnish), kerta- (Finnish), ponctuel (French), unique (French), non récurrent (French), inouï [masculine] (French), eine Eintagsfliege sein (German), einmalig (German), egyszeri (Hungarian), aonuaire (Irish), engangs- (Norwegian), enkelt- (Norwegian), одноразовый (odnorazovyj) (Russian), едини́чный (jediníčnyj) (Russian), еди́нственный (jedínstvennyj) (Russian), однократный (odnokratnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-one-off-en-adj-gmLM3TBj Disambiguation of 'occurring once; one-time': 93 7
  2. Singular; unique; special; remarkable. Translations (singular; unique; special; remarkable): единствен (edinstven) (Bulgarian), уникален (unikalen) (Bulgarian), ainutlaatuinen (Finnish), ainutkertainen (Finnish), einmalig (German), einzigartig (German), egyedi (Hungarian), páratlan (Hungarian), egyedülálló (Hungarian), kivételes (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-one-off-en-adj-RaNR5S0D Disambiguation of 'singular; unique; special; remarkable': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: nonce, one-shot

Noun [English]

Audio: en-us-one-off.ogg [US], En-au-one-off.ogg [Australia] Forms: one-offs [plural]
Etymology: From one + off. Probably from foundry work, for which making reusable molds is expensive and expediency the rule for molds not to be used only once. A term long used by artists who are printmakers and sculptors to indicate a unique print or casting. If using traditional edition numbering, a one-off would be a "1/1", which is said, "one of one" meaning the first print in an edition of one. Etymology templates: {{af|en|one|off}} one + off Head templates: {{en-noun}} one-off (plural one-offs)
  1. (idiomatic) Something that is done, created, etc. only once, and often quickly, simply, or improvisationally. Tags: idiomatic Translations (something that is done only once): engangsforeteelse [common-gender] (Danish), engangsfænomen [neuter] (Danish), Entwurf [masculine] (German), Muster (German), Kostprobe [feminine] (German), engangsforeteelse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), engangsfenomen [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), eingongsfenomen [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), prowizorka (Polish), engångsföreteelse [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-one-off-en-noun-a~HnUuX5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 22 45 3 Disambiguation of 'something that is done only once': 93 7
  2. Something unique and remarkable. Translations (something unique and remarkable): Einzelstück [neuter] (German), Einzigartigkeit [feminine] (German), Einzelanfertigung [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-one-off-en-noun-behzKT8V Disambiguation of 'something unique and remarkable': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: break the mold, break the mould

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          "text": "A County Fermanagh woman has officiated at the formal registration of the birth of Princess Charlotte at Kensington Palace. It's the second time she's been on royal baby duty at the palace as she previously officiated at the registration of Prince George. She said at the time that it was a \"one-off\" honour, but that has now been disproved with a repeat visit for Princess Charlotte.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 December 16, “Network News: \"Robust case\" for Fawley branch line reopening”, in Rail, page 14",
          "text": "In July, South Western Railway and Network Rail ran a one-off Class 159 to Fawley, to demonstrate the line's viability. [...] A second 'fact-finding' trial passenger train for DfT officials is now proposed.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Occurring once, independent of any pattern; one-time."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "once",
          "once"
        ],
        [
          "independent",
          "independent"
        ],
        [
          "pattern",
          "pattern"
        ],
        [
          "one-time",
          "one-time"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2015 May 13, Hunter Skipworth, “BMW to create one-off tribute to 3.0 CSL”, in Evo, retrieved 2015-05-14",
          "text": "BMW is to create a one-off tribute to the iconic 3.0 CSL.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Singular; unique; special; remarkable."
      ],
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        [
          "Singular",
          "singular"
        ],
        [
          "unique",
          "unique"
        ],
        [
          "special",
          "special"
        ],
        [
          "remarkable",
          "remarkable"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/En-us-one-off.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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    },
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      "audio": "En-au-one-off.ogg",
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        "Australia"
      ],
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "nonce"
    },
    {
      "word": "one-shot"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "occurring once; one-time",
      "word": "eenmalige"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ednokraten",
      "sense": "occurring once; one-time",
      "word": "еднократен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "occurring once; one-time",
      "word": "jednorázový"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "occurring once; one-time",
      "word": "eenmalig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "occurring once; one-time",
      "word": "ainutkertainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "occurring once; one-time",
      "word": "kerta-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "occurring once; one-time",
      "word": "ponctuel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "occurring once; one-time",
      "word": "unique"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "occurring once; one-time",
      "word": "non récurrent"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "occurring once; one-time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inouï"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "occurring once; one-time",
      "word": "eine Eintagsfliege sein"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "occurring once; one-time",
      "word": "einmalig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "occurring once; one-time",
      "word": "egyszeri"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "occurring once; one-time",
      "word": "aonuaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "occurring once; one-time",
      "word": "engangs-"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "occurring once; one-time",
      "word": "enkelt-"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "odnorazovyj",
      "sense": "occurring once; one-time",
      "word": "одноразовый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jediníčnyj",
      "sense": "occurring once; one-time",
      "word": "едини́чный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jedínstvennyj",
      "sense": "occurring once; one-time",
      "word": "еди́нственный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "odnokratnyj",
      "sense": "occurring once; one-time",
      "word": "однократный"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "edinstven",
      "sense": "singular; unique; special; remarkable",
      "word": "единствен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "unikalen",
      "sense": "singular; unique; special; remarkable",
      "word": "уникален"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "singular; unique; special; remarkable",
      "word": "ainutlaatuinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "singular; unique; special; remarkable",
      "word": "ainutkertainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "singular; unique; special; remarkable",
      "word": "einmalig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "singular; unique; special; remarkable",
      "word": "einzigartig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "singular; unique; special; remarkable",
      "word": "egyedi"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "singular; unique; special; remarkable",
      "word": "páratlan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "singular; unique; special; remarkable",
      "word": "egyedülálló"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "singular; unique; special; remarkable",
      "word": "kivételes"
    }
  ],
  "word": "one-off"
}

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    "English adjectives",
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with audio links"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "one",
        "3": "off"
      },
      "expansion": "one + off",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From one + off. Probably from foundry work, for which making reusable molds is expensive and expediency the rule for molds not to be used only once.\nA term long used by artists who are printmakers and sculptors to indicate a unique print or casting. If using traditional edition numbering, a one-off would be a \"1/1\", which is said, \"one of one\" meaning the first print in an edition of one.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "one-offs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "one-off (plural one-offs)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "break the mold"
    },
    {
      "word": "break the mould"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I'll put together a quick one-off as a sample so we can taste the recipe."
        }
      ],
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        "Something that is done, created, etc. only once, and often quickly, simply, or improvisationally."
      ],
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        [
          "once",
          "once"
        ],
        [
          "quickly",
          "quickly"
        ],
        [
          "simply",
          "simply"
        ],
        [
          "improvisation",
          "improvisation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Something that is done, created, etc. only once, and often quickly, simply, or improvisationally."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It is a one-off; there is nothing else like it."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Something unique and remarkable."
      ]
    }
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        "Australia"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "something that is done only once",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "engangsforeteelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "something that is done only once",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "engangsfænomen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "something that is done only once",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Entwurf"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "something that is done only once",
      "word": "Muster"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "something that is done only once",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kostprobe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "something that is done only once",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "engangsforeteelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "something that is done only once",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "engangsfenomen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "something that is done only once",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "eingongsfenomen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "something that is done only once",
      "word": "prowizorka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "something that is done only once",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "engångsföreteelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "something unique and remarkable",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Einzelstück"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "something unique and remarkable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Einzigartigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "something unique and remarkable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Einzelanfertigung"
    }
  ],
  "word": "one-off"
}

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