"cutoff" meaning in English

See cutoff in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kəˈtɒf/ [Received-Pronunciation], /kəˈtɔːf/ [Received-Pronunciation], /kəˈtɔf/ [General-American], /kəˈtɑf/ [cot-caught-merger], [kəˈɾɑf] [cot-caught-merger], /kəˈtɔːf/ [General-Australian], [kəˈɾɔːf] [General-Australian] Audio: en-au-cut off.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-cutoff.wav
enPR: ŏf [General-American] Etymology: Deverbal from cut off. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|cut off}} Deverbal from cut off Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} cutoff (not comparable)
  1. Constituting a limit or ending. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-cutoff-en-adj-c5dgG5lt
  2. (psychology, medicine) Designating a score or value demarcating the presence (or absence) of a disease, condition, or similar. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Medicine, Psychology
    Sense id: en-cutoff-en-adj-0WlXi4Qb Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cut off, cut-off

Noun

IPA: /kəˈtɒf/ [Received-Pronunciation], /kəˈtɔːf/ [Received-Pronunciation], /kəˈtɔf/ [General-American], /kəˈtɑf/ [cot-caught-merger], [kəˈɾɑf] [cot-caught-merger], /kəˈtɔːf/ [General-Australian], [kəˈɾɔːf] [General-Australian] Audio: en-au-cut off.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-cutoff.wav Forms: cutoffs [plural]
enPR: ŏf [General-American] Etymology: Deverbal from cut off. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|cut off}} Deverbal from cut off Head templates: {{en-noun}} cutoff (plural cutoffs)
  1. The point at which something terminates or to which it is limited.
    Sense id: en-cutoff-en-noun-Rpb3QJUw
  2. The point at which something terminates or to which it is limited.
    (medicine) A cutoff point (cutoff value, threshold value, cutpoint): the amount set by an operational definition as the transition point between states in a discretization or dichotomization.
    Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-cutoff-en-noun-kSfB2Nx~ Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 5 4 19 18 1 5 1 19 12 8 2 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 7 6 5 14 18 2 5 1 14 15 9 4 Topics: medicine, sciences
  3. A road, path or channel that provides a shorter or quicker path; a shortcut. Translations (a road, path of channel that provides a shorter or quicker path): пряк път (prjak pǎt) (Bulgarian), Abkürzung [feminine] (German), scurtătură [feminine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-cutoff-en-noun-Qazcg40P Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English deverbals: 7 7 5 11 23 1 6 1 11 15 10 2 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 7 5 12 24 0 6 0 12 15 10 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 5 4 19 18 1 5 1 19 12 8 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 7 5 11 22 1 8 0 11 15 10 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 6 5 11 24 1 6 0 11 15 10 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 6 8 5 13 18 2 6 1 13 14 10 4 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 7 6 5 14 18 2 5 1 14 15 9 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 6 5 14 20 2 5 1 13 13 9 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 7 6 5 14 21 2 5 1 13 14 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 6 8 5 13 19 2 6 1 13 13 9 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 7 8 5 13 19 2 6 1 13 13 10 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 7 6 5 14 20 2 5 1 16 13 8 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 7 6 5 13 22 2 5 1 12 15 9 3 Disambiguation of 'a road, path of channel that provides a shorter or quicker path': 2 5 72 1 2 0 5 7 4 1
  4. A device that stops the flow of a current.
    Sense id: en-cutoff-en-noun-9~WSirWw
  5. A device for saving steam by regulating its admission to the cylinder (see quotation at cut-off).
    Sense id: en-cutoff-en-noun-ZUYF4apK
  6. A cessation in a flow or activity.
    Sense id: en-cutoff-en-noun-0-VfoTok
  7. (poker) The player who acts directly before the player on the button pre-flop. Categories (topical): Poker
    Sense id: en-cutoff-en-noun-z0--XHwR Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 5 4 19 18 1 5 1 19 12 8 2 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 7 6 5 14 18 2 5 1 14 15 9 4 Topics: card-games, poker
  8. (fashion, chiefly in the plural) Shorts made by cutting off the legs from trousers. Tags: in-plural Categories (topical): Fashion
    Sense id: en-cutoff-en-noun-389IaRa1 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 5 4 19 18 1 5 1 19 12 8 2 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 7 6 5 14 18 2 5 1 14 15 9 4 Topics: fashion, lifestyle
  9. (fashion) A sleeveless shirt, especially one made by cutting the sleeves off of a t-shirt. Categories (topical): Fashion
    Sense id: en-cutoff-en-noun-8fUNJs2R Topics: fashion, lifestyle
  10. (journalism) A horizontal line separating sections of the page. Categories (topical): Mass media
    Sense id: en-cutoff-en-noun-YpzpToMy Topics: journalism, media
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cut off, cut-off Derived forms: avulsive cutoff, cutoff low, cutoff time, final order cutoff, Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin cutoff Related terms: cutback, cutdown, offcut Translations (the point at which something terminates or to which it is limited): изключване (izključvane) (Bulgarian), прекъсване (prekǎsvane) (Bulgarian), seuil (French), de seuil (French), de coupure (French), soglia (Italian), di soglia (Italian), di taglio (Italian), término (Portuguese), limite (Portuguese), separare (punct de...) [feminine] (Romanian), întrerupere (punct de...) [feminine] (Romanian), выключе́ние (vyključénije) [neuter] (Russian), corte [masculine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'the point at which something terminates or to which it is limited': 45 45 3 0 1 0 1 2 1 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cf/En-au-cut_off.ogg/En-au-cut_off.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/En-au-cut_off.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-cutoff.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/02/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-cutoff.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-cutoff.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/02/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-cutoff.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-cutoff.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cut off"
    },
    {
      "word": "cut-off"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cutoff"
}

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