off the record
off the record prepositional phrase: not for publication.
Prepositional phrase
- Not for publication.
- RAIL spoke to many people in the course of our investigation - all off-the-record^([sic]), as no one wished to be quoted.2025 July 9, Mel Holley, “How much should a station cost?”, in RAIL, number 1039, page 25
- Unofficial.
off the record meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
off the record in Tamil
- முறைப்படி செய்யாத, அலுவல் முறை தவிர்த்தல், அலுவலுக்குப் புறத்தே
off the record in Malayalam
- confidential, unofficial, in (strict) confidence
- അനൗപചാരികമായി, അനൗദ്യോഗിക പ്രസ്താവനയായി, രേഖാമൂലമല്ലാത്ത, രേഖപ്പെടുത്താത്ത, അനൗപചാരിക, അനൗദ്യോഗികമായ
- privately, unofficially, in (strict) confidence
- അനൗദ്യോഗികമായി, അനൗപചാരികമായി, രഹസ്യമായി, വളരെ ഗോപ്യമായി, ഒളിവിൽ, മറഞ്ഞ്
off the record in Kannada
- ದಾಖಲೆಯಾಗದ, ಪ್ರಕಟಿಸಲಾಗದ
Forms of off the record
| alternative form | off-the-record |
|---|---|
| alternative form | off record |
Questions about off the record
- What does off the record mean?
- Off the record means not for publication.
- What is off the record in Tamil?
- Off the record in Tamil is முறைப்படி செய்யாத, அலுவல் முறை தவிர்த்தல், அலுவலுக்குப் புறத்தே. See Off the record meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is off the record?
- Off the record is a prepositional phrase.
Words near off the record in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: off the record (page history and authors); off the record (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); off the record (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); off the record (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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