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Definition of cut-off noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cut-off

noun
 
/ˈkʌt ɒf/
 
/ˈkʌt ɔːf/
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  1. a point or limit when you stop something
    • Is there a cut-off point between childhood and adulthood?
    • Set a cut-off date for work to be finished.
    • 2 500 g is the standard cut-off below which infants are categorized as ‘low birthweight’.
  2. the act of stopping the supply of something
    • The government announced a cut-off in overseas aid.
  3. cut-offs
    [plural] trousers that have been made shorter by cutting off part of the legs
    • wearing frayed cut-offs
See cut-off in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee cut-off in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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