variants
or less commonly off-line
1
: not connected to or served by a system and especially a computer or telecommunications system
One of the servers is offline.
… we suggest you keep a backup of your digital assets in offline storage, too. This storage can provide some cushioning if your online investment disappears in an instant.—
The Denver (Colorado) Post
The Denver (Colorado) Post
also
: done or occurring independently of such a system
our online and offline lives
offline activities/events
Movies and shows can be downloaded via the app for offline viewing. —Dan Auty
Dan Auty 2
of a person
: not available (as for communication) especially by way of the the Internet
She was having computer trouble, she told him, and would be offline for a while.—Mark Warren
Mark Warren
off-line
adverb
Examples of offline in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
As infrastructure investments grow, governments are demanding that large language models deployed in Africa actually reflect local realities, given that nearly a billion Africans are still offline while LLMs are trained on internet data, Kallot said.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2025
Whereas many vintage retailers stay offline, The Barn Owl embraces e-commerce.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
In our experience, the printer’s local mode works perfectly even without an internet connection, which will please users who prefer to keep their machines offline.
—PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Harper said that he was inspired to create Hush Harbor after throwing phone-free comedy shows and getting involved in an offline community.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
In the months since the website was taken offline, Climate Central has recorded 14 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in the United States.
—Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2025
The entire value chain must work in sync, ensuring customers can explore online and receive a seamless experience, whether the purchase is done online or offline.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
Hundreds of online services went temporarily offline across North America and Europe on Monday morning amid suggestions that the problem was linked to an outage at an Amazon Web Services data center in North Virginia.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
The major cloud computing service, which underpins much of the web and every day online tools, went offline due to a problem with one of its core database products.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2025
Whereas many vintage retailers stay offline, The Barn Owl embraces e-commerce.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
In our experience, the printer’s local mode works perfectly even without an internet connection, which will please users who prefer to keep their machines offline.
—PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Harper said that he was inspired to create Hush Harbor after throwing phone-free comedy shows and getting involved in an offline community.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
In the months since the website was taken offline, Climate Central has recorded 14 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in the United States.
—Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2025
The entire value chain must work in sync, ensuring customers can explore online and receive a seamless experience, whether the purchase is done online or offline.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
Hundreds of online services went temporarily offline across North America and Europe on Monday morning amid suggestions that the problem was linked to an outage at an Amazon Web Services data center in North Virginia.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
The major cloud computing service, which underpins much of the web and every day online tools, went offline due to a problem with one of its core database products.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Offline.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/offline. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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