Setoff — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˈɛɾɔf/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈɛtɒf/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈɛtɒf/

2 syllables Say it as /sˈɛɾɔf/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

set-back offset

Word Forms

offset

verb

create an offset in

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

losfahren

Struktur, bei der eine Wand oder ein Gebäude abrupt schmaler wird

🇫🇷French

compensation

structure où un mur ou un bâtiment se rétrécit brusquement

🇪🇸Spanish

activar

Estructura donde una pared o edificio se estrecha abruptamente.

🇮🇹Italian

partire

struttura in cui un muro o un edificio si restringe bruscamente

🇳🇱Dutch

verrekening

structuur waar een muur of gebouw abrupt smaller wordt

🇵🇹Portuguese

zarpar

estrutura onde uma parede ou edifício se estreita abruptamente

🇷🇺Russian

отправляться

конструкция, в которой стена или здание резко сужаются

India

🇮🇳Hindi

चला जाना

वह संरचना जहाँ कोई दीवार या इमारत अचानक संकरी हो जाती है

🇧🇩Bengali

সেটঅফ

কাঠামো যেখানে একটি প্রাচীর বা ভবন হঠাৎ সরু হয়ে যায়

🇮🇳Tamil

புறப்பட்டது

ஒரு சுவர் அல்லது கட்டிடம் திடீரென சுருங்கும் அமைப்பு

🇮🇳Telugu

బయలుదేరింది

గోడ లేదా భవనం ఆకస్మికంగా ఇరుకైన నిర్మాణం

🇮🇳Marathi

सेटऑफ

रचना जेथे भिंत किंवा इमारत अचानक अरुंद होते

🇮🇳Gujarati

સેટઓફ

માળખું જ્યાં દિવાલ અથવા મકાન અચાનક સાંકડી થાય છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸೆಟಫ್

ಗೋಡೆ ಅಥವಾ ಕಟ್ಟಡವು ಥಟ್ಟನೆ ಕಿರಿದಾಗುವ ರಚನೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

യാത്രതിരിക്കുക

ഒരു മതിലോ കെട്ടിടമോ പെട്ടെന്ന് ചുരുങ്ങുന്ന ഘടന

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਚੱਲ ਪੇਣਾ

ਢਾਂਚਾ ਜਿੱਥੇ ਇੱਕ ਕੰਧ ਜਾਂ ਇਮਾਰਤ ਅਚਾਨਕ ਤੰਗ ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

سیٹ آف

ڈھانچہ جہاں دیوار یا عمارت اچانک تنگ ہو جاتی ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

出发

墙壁或建筑物突然变窄的结构

🇯🇵Japanese

出発する

壁や建物が急激に狭くなる構造物

🇰🇷Korean

상쇄

벽이나 건물이 갑자기 좁아지는 구조

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự bù đắp

cấu trúc nơi một bức tường hoặc tòa nhà thu hẹp đột ngột

🇹🇭Thai

ออกเดินทาง

โครงสร้างที่ผนังหรืออาคารแคบลงอย่างกะทันหัน

🇮🇩Indonesian

berangkat

struktur di mana dinding atau bangunan menyempit secara tiba-tiba

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

انطلقت

هيكل حيث يضيق الجدار أو المبنى فجأة

🇮🇷Persian

حرکت

ساختاری که در آن دیوار یا ساختمان به طور ناگهانی باریک می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

tetiklemek

Bir duvarın veya binanın aniden daraldığı yapı

🇮🇱Hebrew

קיזוז

מבנה שבו קיר או בניין מצטמצמים בפתאומיות

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The primary meaning of 'setoff' is 'structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly'.

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