kickoff

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˈkɪˌkɔf/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    The kick that starts a game of football or soccer, or resumes play after a score.; The beginning or start of an event, activity, or process.; The time at which a football or soccer match is scheduled to begin.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: kickoffs

Collocations

kickoff timeat kickoffbefore kickoffafter kickoffthe opening kickoff

Synonyms

startbeginningcommencementlaunchopening

Antonyms

conclusionendfinale

Commonly confused

kick off
EN: 'Kick off' (two words) is a verb phrase meaning to begin; 'kickoff' (one word) is the noun or adjective form.
kick-off
EN: 'Kick-off' (hyphenated) is a variant spelling of the noun/adjective, more common in British English.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember: 'kickoff' (one word) is a noun/adjective, while 'kick off' (two words) is a verb phrase. The hyphenated 'kick-off' is acceptable especially in British English.

💬 Examples

  1. The kickoff is scheduled for 3:00 PM at the stadium.

  2. The kickoff of the new marketing campaign is next Monday.

  3. Kickoff is at noon, so we should arrive early to get good seats.