Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

off year

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.64 in modern English

Syllables: of-f year
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An odd-numbered year in which a general election is held but no presidential election or midterm election takes place.

American usage

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

off years (plural)

Questions

What does off year mean?: An odd-numbered year in which a general election is held but no presidential election or midterm election takes place.

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