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OFF YEAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does off year mean?
• OFF YEAR (noun)
The noun OFF YEAR has 2 senses:
1. a year in which productivity is low or inferior
2. a year in which no major political elections are held
Familiarity information: OFF YEAR used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A year in which productivity is low or inferior
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("off year" is a kind of...):
twelvemonth; year; yr (a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A year in which no major political elections are held
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("off year" is a kind of...):
twelvemonth; year; yr (a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days)
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