"off-season" meaning in English

See off-season in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: off-seasons [plural], offseason [alternative]
Etymology: From off- + season. Etymology templates: {{af|en|off-|season}} off- + season Head templates: {{en-noun}} off-season (plural off-seasons)
  1. The part of the year when business is most slack and there are fewest clients or visitors. Synonyms: low season, white week
    Sense id: en-off-season-en-noun-PUQa~l3g
  2. (sports) A period of time when regular competitions are not being held, or when an athlete is not participating in competitions.
    Sense id: en-off-season-en-noun-WutczA7B Categories (other): Sports, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with off-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Chinese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Time Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with off-: 23 77 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Chinese translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Time: 0 100 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: in season, out of season Translations (period of slack business): 淡季 (dànjì) (Chinese), matalasesonki (Finnish), morte-saison [feminine] (French), holt szezon (Hungarian), lavsesong [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), martwy sezon [masculine] (Polish), несезо́н (nesezón) [masculine] (Russian), межсезо́нье (mežsezónʹje) [neuter] [sports, hobbies, lifestyle] (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'period of slack business': 52 48

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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