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off-line

off-line is the alternative form of offline.

Meaning of offline

Adjective

offline (not comparable)

  1. Of a system, currently not connected (generally electrically) to a larger network. For example, a power plant which is not connected to the grid, or a computer which is not connected to the Internet or to any other communications service.
    • I saved the web pages so I could read them later offline.
    Antonyms:
    online
  2. (broadly) Happening in the physical world (the real world) as opposed to on the internet.
    • offline meetings
    Synonyms:
    IRL, meatspace
    Antonyms:
    online

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Questions about off-line

What is off-line the alternative form of?
Off-line is the alternative form of offline.

Words near off-line in the dictionary

  1. off-licence
  2. off-licences
  3. off-license
  4. off-licenses
  5. off-limits
  6. off-line
  7. off-list
  8. off-load
  9. off-loaded
  10. off-loading
  11. off-loads

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Adapted from Wiktionary: off-line (page history and authors); offline (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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