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Meaning of off-world in English:

off-world

adverb

  • Away from earth or (in science fiction) from a place treated as the native world.

    • ‘wouldn't it be best to pursue these experiments off-world sometime in the future?’

adjective

  • Involving, located in, or coming from a place outside one's native world or planet.

    • ‘the plants will be grown in a special lunar module designed to promote plant growth in an off-world environment’

noun

  • (in science fiction) a place away from the earth, or from a particular planet or world regarded as the native world.

    • ‘they centred the action on an offworld called Goblin’