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off air

off air prepositional phrase: not broadcasting or transmitting on radio or television.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Not broadcasting or transmitting on radio or television.
    • Channel 9 will be off air from 11 pm until 6 am.
    • The transmitter is off air after a fire.
    Synonyms:
    off the air
    Antonyms:
    on air
  2. Not being, or so as not to be, broadcast or transmitted by radio or television.
    • After ten years, the TV series was taken off air.
    • Fortunately his offensive remarks were off air.
    Synonyms:
    dark, silent

Synonyms of off air

Antonyms

Forms of off air

alternative formoff-air

Questions about off air

What does off air mean?
Off air means not broadcasting or transmitting on radio or television.
What part of speech is off air?
Off air is a prepositional phrase.

Words near off air in the dictionary

  1. OFDM
  2. ofer
  3. ofers
  4. OFEX
  5. off
  6. off air
  7. off and on
  8. off and running
  9. off angle
  10. off angled
  11. off angles

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