| ADJECTIVE | all | offside, offsides | illegally beyond a prescribed line or area or ahead of the ball or puck |
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| NOUN | act | offside | (sport) the mistake of occupying an illegal position on the playing field (in football, soccer, ice hockey, field hockey, etc.) |
| ADVERB | all | offside | illegally in advance of the ball or puck |
| Meaning | illegally beyond a prescribed line or area or ahead of the ball or puck. | |
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| Example | "the touchdown was nullified because the left tackle was offside" | |
| Synonym | offsides | |
| Category | sport, athletics | An active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition |
| Opposite | onside | not offside |
| Catalan | fora de joc | |
| Meaning | (sport) the mistake of occupying an illegal position on the playing field (in football, soccer, ice hockey, field hockey, etc.). | |
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| Category | sport, athletics | An active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition |
| Broader | mistake, error, fault | A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention |
| Spanish | fuera de juego | |
| Catalan | fora de joc | |
| Meaning | illegally in advance of the ball or puck. | |
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