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offset
Verb
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If mathx/math offsets mathy/math, the loss (because) of mathy/math is balanced by mathx/math.
The school will provide limited scholarships to offset the cost of tuition.
Increases in efficiency partially offset the increased costs.
The few problems are more than offset by the relatively large number of successes.
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If you offset mathx/math against mathy/math, you compare of contrast them.
All this solid colour is offset by the tiny yellow green flowers.
offset
Noun
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An offset is something that balances (the loss of) something else.
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(technical) A particular way of printing where the ink moves from surface A to B and then from B to the final C.
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The image produced by this kind of printing.
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An offset is the distance that something moves away from where it is supposed to be or where it was.
bed
Noun
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A piece of furniture to sleep on.
At night, I go to bed.
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The bottom of a river or ocean.
The fish was so far down in the water that it was touching the river's bed.
bed
Verb
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To have sex with someone.
By the next week, Josh had bedded Tina and Holly.