OFFSET (offsetting)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does offset mean? 

• OFFSET (noun)
  The noun OFFSET has 6 senses:

1. the time at which something is supposed to begin

2. a compensating equivalent

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

4. a natural consequence of development

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

6. structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly

  Familiarity information: OFFSET used as a noun is common.

• OFFSET (verb)
  The verb OFFSET has 5 senses:

1. compensate for or counterbalance

2. make up for

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

4. create an offset in

5. produce by offset printing

  Familiarity information: OFFSET used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OFFSET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The time at which something is supposed to begin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

beginning; commencement; first; get-go; kickoff; offset; outset; showtime; start; starting time

Context example:

she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her

Hypernyms ("offset" is a kind of...):

point; point in time (an instant of time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "offset"):

birth (the time when something begins (especially life))

incipience; incipiency (beginning to exist or to be apparent)

starting point; terminus a quo (earliest limiting point)

threshold (the starting point for a new state or experience)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A compensating equivalent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

counterbalance; offset

Hypernyms ("offset" is a kind of...):

compensation (something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury))

Derivation:

offset (make up for)

offset (compensate for or counterbalance)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

offset; runner; stolon

Hypernyms ("offset" is a kind of...):

plant organ (a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A natural consequence of development

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

branch; offset; offshoot; outgrowth

Hypernyms ("offset" is a kind of...):

consequence; effect; event; issue; outcome; result; upshot (a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon)

Sense 5

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

offset; offset printing

Hypernyms ("offset" is a kind of...):

printing; printing process (reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "offset"):

photo-offset; photo-offset printing (a method of offset printing using photomechanical plates)

letterset printing (image is transferred from a relief type plate to a roller)

Derivation:

offset (produce by offset printing)

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

Sense 6

Meaning:

Structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

offset; set-back; setoff

Hypernyms ("offset" is a kind of...):

construction; structure (a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts)

Derivation:

offset (create an offset in)

• OFFSET (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Compensate for or counterbalance

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

countervail; offset

Context example:

offset deposits and withdrawals

Hypernyms (to "offset" is one way to...):

balance; equilibrate; equilibrise; equilibrize (bring into balance or equilibrium)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

offset (a compensating equivalent)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make up for

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

cancel; offset; set off

Context example:

His skills offset his opponent's superior strength

Hypernyms (to "offset" is one way to...):

balance; equilibrate; equilibrise; equilibrize (bring into balance or equilibrium)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "offset"):

counteract; counterbalance; countervail; neutralize (oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

offset (a compensating equivalent)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "offset" is one way to...):

transfer (move from one place to another)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

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

Sense 4

Meaning:

Create an offset in

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

offset a wall

Hypernyms (to "offset" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

offset (structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Produce by offset printing

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

offset the conference proceedings

Hypernyms (to "offset" is one way to...):

impress; print (reproduce by printing)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

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

 Context examples 

The relative timing for a performed activity expressed as the number of days offset from the study-defined reference activity (e.g. date of registration, start of treatment) for this particular subject.

(Performed Activity Study Day Range, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

The relative timing for a planned activity expressed as the number of days offset from the study-defined reference activity (e.g. , date of registration, start of treatment) for a particular subject.

(Planned Activity Study Day Range, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

But the combination of mid-range manganese and high selenium concentrations completely offset lead-associated blood and pulse pressure.

(Micronutrients can counter lead effects in blood pressure, SciDev.Net)

The world's forests are increasingly taking up more carbon, partially offsetting the carbon being released by the burning of fossil fuels and by deforestation in the tropics, according to a new study.

(World's forests increasingly taking up more carbon, National Science Foundation)

Around the year 2250, some of these solid Earth processes started to offset the melting of the ice sheet and the consequent sea level rise.

(Antarctica's Effect on Sea Level Rise in Coming Centuries, NASA)

The astronomers found that the size of the offset is about 10% of the remnant’s current radius, towards the upper left of the geometric center.

(Chandra Movie Captures Expanding Debris from a Stellar Explosion, NASA)

The mechanism of action of isoxsuprine hydrochloride is controversial, because isoxsuprine has beta-adrenergic activities that could not be offset by beta-adrenergic blockers.

(Isoxsuprine, NCI Thesaurus)

Researchers recommend limiting screen time, applying screen filters, wearing computer glasses that block blue light, or use anti-reflective lenses to offset the effects of artificial light at nighttime.

(Artificial Light of Digital Devices Lessens Sleep Quality, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The jet's trajectory is just slightly offset from our line of sight with respect to the galaxy, so we can still see some of the length of the jet.

(The Giant Galaxy Around the Giant Black Hole, NASA)

Scientists of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign show that using biofuel corn doesn't completely offset the environmental effects of producing that corn.

(Corn better used as food than biofuel, National Science Foundation)