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offstanding

offstanding adjective: standing off; standing or situated at a distance; distant; far removed; remote. Also the present participle and gerund of offstand.

Adjective

offstanding (comparative more offstanding, superlative most offstanding)

  1. Standing off; standing or situated at a distance; distant; far removed; remote.
    • 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 [...]1865, The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London: Volume 21, Geological Society of London
    • Forcing teeth farther apart was formerly regarded as a necessary preliminary step to moving offstanding ones into the arch, [...]1897, John Nutting Farrar, A treatise on the irregularities of the teeth and their correction

Also used as

offstanding is also the present participle and gerund of offstand.

Examples of offstanding in a sentence

  • A nut-lock including a plate perforated to receive a bolt, having an offstanding nut-engaging flange and a neck [...]1904, United States. Patent Office, Official gazette of the United States Patent Office: Volume 108, Part 1:
  • A conveying device, as claimed in claim 1, further including a coaxial spiral body carried by and offstanding from the core.1969, Canada. Patent Office, Canadian Patent Office record: Volume 97:

Forms of offstanding

comparativemore offstanding
superlativemost offstanding

Origin of offstanding

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Questions about offstanding

What does offstanding mean?
Offstanding means standing off; standing or situated at a distance; distant; far removed; remote.
How do you use offstanding in a sentence?
A nut-lock including a plate perforated to receive a bolt, having an offstanding nut-engaging flange and a neck [...]
What part of speech is offstanding?
Offstanding is an adjective.

Words near offstanding in the dictionary

  1. offstage
  2. offstaged
  3. offstages
  4. offstaging
  5. offstand
  6. offstanding
  7. offstands
  8. offstood
  9. offstream
  10. offsuit
  11. offtake

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