offline

adjective

off·​line ˈȯf-ˈlīn 

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

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

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

off-line adverb

Examples of offline in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Backup your data regularly: Create multiple backups of your important files, including at least one offline copy. 8. —Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2025

These gains come from deeper-funnel event tracking that pixels alone can’t capture: qualified leads, offline purchases or multisite conversion paths that complete the picture of the customer journey. —Heidi Bullock, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025

The plan comes over the objections of county officials who requested that both facilities remain offline until the cause of the January fire in rural Moss Landing is determined. —Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025

But in cars with Google built-in, such as Ford and Polestar, Gemini will offer limited offline support. —Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 14 May 2025

What's more, the device now offers an offline Travel Mode, for use in locations without Wi-Fi access. —Ben Coxworth may 13, New Atlas, 13 May 2025

In 2024, Google added some major updates that allowed offline devices and select phones with dead batteries to be tracked, and widened support to third-party trackers. —Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 13 May 2025

The lights went out from Lisbon to Barcelona; trains stopped, air traffic controllers went offline and hospital workers scrambled to keep patients alive. —Kelly McKinney, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2025

The group decided to continue its offline work to distill the ideas into brief talking points to send forward. —Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for offline

• affine
• airline
• align
• aline
• assign
• baseline
• beamline
• benign
• bloodline
• bovine
• byline
• canine

Kids Definition

offline

adjective

off·​line

ˈȯ-ˈflīn

1

: not connected to or controlled by a computer

an offline printer

2

: not available (as for communication) especially by way of the Internet

she was offline all day

off-line adverb