'offset' definitions:
Definition of 'offset'
From: WordNet
noun
The time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her" [syn: beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset] [ant: end, ending, middle]
noun
A compensating equivalent [syn: counterbalance, offset]
noun
A horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips [syn: stolon, runner, offset]
noun
noun
A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper [syn: offset, offset printing]
noun
verb
Compensate for or counterbalance; "offset deposits and withdrawals" [syn: offset, countervail]
verb
verb
Cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface
verb
Create an offset in; "offset a wall"
verb
Produce by offset printing; "offset the conference proceedings"
Synonyms of 'offset'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absorb the shock,
- albertype,
- analog process,
- annul,
- antacid,
- antidote,
- antipode,
- antipodes,
- antipole,
- antithesis,
- antonym,
- atone for,
- balance,
- ballast,
- be at cross-purposes,
- be opposed to,
- behavior pattern,
- book printing,
- branch,
- break the fall,
- bring to nothing,
- buffer,
- cancel,
- cancel out,
- check,
- chromotypography,
- chromotypy,
- chromoxylography,
- clash,
- collotype,
- color printing,
- come to nothing,
- compensate,
- compensation,
- conflict,
- conflict with,
- consideration,
- contra,
- contradict,
- contrapose,
- contrast with,
- contravene,
- controvert,
- converse,
- counter,
- counteract,
- counteractant,
- counteraction,
- counteractive,
- counteragent,
- counterbalance,
- countercheck,
- counterirritant,
- counterpoint,
- counterpoise,
- counterpole,
- counterpose,
- counterterm,
- countervail,
- counterweigh,
- counterweight,
- counterwork,
- cushion,
- damp,
- dampen,
- deaden,
- digital process,
- electronography,
- electrostatic printing,
- equalize,
- equalizer,
- equipoise,
- equiponderate,
- equivalent,
- even out,
- even up,
- feeling,
- filiation,
- foil,
- frustrate,
- give-and-take,
- graphic arts,
- gravure,
- halftone engraving,
- history of printing,
- hunting,
- impress,
- impression,
- imprint,
- indemnify,
- input oscillation,
- invalidate,
- inverse,
- job printing,
- juxtapose in opposition,
- letterpress,
- letterpress photoengraving,
- line engraving,
- lithography,
- lithogravure,
- lithophotogravure,
- mackle,
- make amends,
- make good,
- make restitution,
- make up,
- make up for,
- makeweight,
- mimeograph,
- negate,
- negativate,
- negative,
- neutralize,
- neutralizer,
- nullifier,
- nullify,
- obverse,
- offcut,
- offprint,
- offset lithography,
- offshoot,
- onset,
- oppose,
- opposite,
- opposite number,
- oppugn,
- oscillatory behavior,
- outweigh,
- overcorrection of error,
- overshoot,
- palaeotypography,
- photo-offset,
- photochemical process,
- photoengraving,
- photogelatin process,
- photographic reproduction,
- photography,
- photolithography,
- phototypography,
- phototypy,
- photozincography,
- planographic printing,
- planography,
- play at cross-purposes,
- preventative,
- preventive,
- print,
- printing,
- printmaking,
- process,
- prophylactic,
- publication,
- publishing,
- quid pro quo,
- recompense,
- redeem,
- redress,
- reimburse,
- reissue,
- relief printing,
- remedy,
- repay,
- reprint,
- reverse,
- rotary photogravure,
- rotogravure,
- run counter to,
- self-excitation,
- set off,
- setoff,
- sheetwork,
- shoot,
- show consideration,
- show mercy,
- show pity,
- soften,
- soften the blow,
- something of value,
- sprout,
- square,
- square up,
- stamp,
- stencil,
- stop,
- stultify,
- suppress,
- the contrary,
- the other side,
- three-color printing,
- thwart,
- tit for tat,
- two-color printing,
- typography,
- typolithography,
- undo,
- vis-a-vis,
- vitiate,
- void,
- wood-block printing,
- xerography,
- xeroprinting,
- xylotypography,
- zincography