Meanings
adjectiveoff-the-record (not comparable)
- not comparableUnofficial.
Despite knowing that getting rid of Koeman was going to necessitate putting his hand very deep into what are currently very shallow pockets, Laporta changed tack a couple of weeks ago by summoning journalists for an off-the-record briefing about what was going to happen with the coach.
2021 September 22, Guillem Balagué, “Barcelona: The toxic battle ripping apart a European giant”, in BBC Sport - not comparableSecret; clandestine.
adverboff-the-record (not comparable)
- not comparableUnofficially.
- not comparableSecretly, in secret, clandestinely.
Translations
Italian ufficioso, segreto
- ufficiosounofficial
- segretosecret
- ufficiosamenteunofficially
- segretamentesecretly
Japanese オフレコ, 非公式の
- オフレコ (ofureko)unofficial
- 非公式の (hikoushikino)unofficial
- 非公式に (hikoushikini)unofficially
Russian не для протокола
- не для протокола (ne dlja protokola)unofficial
Cite this entry
APA
off-the-record. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/off-the-record
MLA
“off-the-record.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/off-the-record. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “off-the-record,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/off-the-record.
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