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# offside

«offside» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a position on the field that the rules don't allow…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective and adverb (offside); noun (offside — the offside rule)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (in sports like football/soccer, rugby and hockey) In a position on the field that the rules don't allow, usually too far forward, ahead of the ball or the other team's last defender. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offside/#m1)

2) (UK, of a car) On the side nearest the middle of the road (the driver's side in the UK). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offside/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In PE and sport: the offside rule stops players waiting near the goal; the assistant referee raises a flag for offside, and a goal scored offside doesn't count. Phrases: «be offside», «the offside rule», «flagged offside», «offside trap».

### examples

- The goal didn't count because he was offside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offside/#x1)
- The linesman raised his flag for offside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offside/#x2)
- Can you explain the offside rule? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offside/#x3)
- She ran too early and was caught offside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offside/#x4)
- In rugby you're offside if you're in front of the ball when it's played. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offside/#x5)
- Our team used an offside trap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offside/#x6)

### note

One word (also written off-side). Opposite: onside. In word problems about sport, offside goals do not count in the score.

### In the corpora

- [Just standing in an offside position is not an offence; getting involved in play is.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring/9/)
- [There is no offside straight from a corner kick, a throw-in or a goal kick.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «offside» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offside/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.