Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

offstanding

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: off-s-tand-ing
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Standing off; standing or situated at a distance; distant; far removed; remote.

verb

present participle and gerund of offstand

Example Sentences

"In the offstanding hill near Little Malvern the rock is porphyritic, being composed of small, light-coloured crystals of felspar set in an amorphous greenish [...]"
"Forcing teeth farther apart was formerly regarded as a necessary preliminary step to moving offstanding ones into the arch, [...]"
"A nut-lock including a plate perforated to receive a bolt, having an offstanding nut-engaging flange and a neck [...]"
"A conveying device, as claimed in claim 1, further including a coaxial spiral body carried by and offstanding from the core."

Etymology

From off- + standing. Compare Dutch afstand (“distance”), German Abstand (“distance”), Swedish avstånd (“distance”).

Word Breakdown

Prefix: off

Inflected Forms

more offstanding (comparative) most offstanding (superlative)

Questions

What does offstanding mean?: Standing off; standing or situated at a distance; distant; far removed; remote.
Where does offstanding come from?: From off- + standing. Compare Dutch afstand (“distance”), German Abstand (“distance”), Swedish avstånd (“distance”).

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