The off season is the time of the year when not many people go on holiday and when things such as hotels and plane tickets are often cheaper.
It is possible to vacation at some of the more expensive resorts if you go in theoff-season.
Although it was off-season, the hotel was fully occupied.
...off-season prices.
Off season is also an adverb.
Times become more flexible off-season, especially in the smaller provincial museums.
2. singular noun [oft NOUN noun]
The off season is the time of the year when a particular sport is not played.
He has coached and played in Italy during the Australian off-season.
...intensive off-season training.
Off season is also an adverb.
To stay fit off season, I play tennis or football.
off season in British English
adjective(off-season when prenominal)
1.
denoting or occurring during a period of little activity in a trade or business
noun
2.
such a period
adverb
3.
in an off-season period
off-season in British English
(ˌɒfˈsiːzən)
adverb
1.
in a period of little activity in a trade or business
Times become more flexible off-season, especially in the smaller provincial museums.
To stay fit off-season, I play tennis or football.
It's best to go on holiday off-season.
modifier
2.
denoting or occurring during a period of little activity in a trade or business
off-season prices/bookings/deals
intensive off-season training
off-season in American English
(ˈɔfˌsizən)
noun
1.
a time of the year when the usual activity or business is reduced or not carried on
adjective, adverb
2.
during or for the off-season
Examples of 'off season' in a sentence
off season
It was as grey and damp as any off-season resort.
Marsden, Philip The Crossing-Place (1993)
The two dozen or so members train as hard as the drivers, going to a winter camp each off-season.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Many years ago I would holiday there off-season to hike through the heather.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
In other languages
off season
British English: off-season /ˈɒfˌsiːzn/ ADJECTIVE
If something is off-season it relates to the time of the year when not many people go on holiday and when things such as hotels and plane tickets are often cheaper.
...off-season rates.
American English: off-season
Arabic: خارج الموْسِم
Brazilian Portuguese: fora de temporada
Chinese: 淡季的
Croatian: izvansezonski
Czech: mimo sezónu
Danish: lavsæson-
Dutch: buiten het hoogseizoen
European Spanish: de fuera de temporada
Finnish: hiljaisen kauden
French: hors saison
German: außerhalb der Saison
Greek: εκτός εποχής
Italian: bassa stagione
Japanese: シーズンオフの
Korean: 철이 지난
Norwegian: lavsesong
Polish: niesezonowy
European Portuguese: de época baixa
Romanian: în afara sezonului
Russian: внесезонный
Latin American Spanish: de fuera de temporada
Swedish: lågsäsong
Thai: ที่มีกิจกรรมที่เกิดขึ้นน้อย
Turkish: sezon dışı
Ukrainian: несезонний час
Vietnamese: ít khách
British English: off-season /ˈɒfˌsiːzn/ ADVERB
If something happens off-season it happens at the time of the year when not many people go on holiday and when things such as hotels and plane tickets are often cheaper.