: of, relating to, done with, or being a vehicle designed especially to operate away from public roads

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This one was prepared with the help of German off-road specialist Terranger and retail partner Ford Nugget Store before powering into one of the world's largest overland and 4x4 shows at the start of summer. New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2025 Autonomy The combination of desired off-road driving experiences and softness of the market suggest autonomy’s difficult business case shall not improve in the near future. Steve Tengler, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025 Journalists got behind the wheel of an XRT Pro at an off-road vehicle park north of Detroit. Eric D. Lawrence, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025 The active damping system, the company said, increases off-road speed while boosting gunners’ hit probability and extending the life of subsystems. Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for off-road

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First Known Use

1954, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of off-road was in 1954

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“Off-road.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off-road. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.

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off-road

adjective
ˈȯf-ˈrōd
: of, relating to, done with, or being a vehicle designed especially to operate away from public roads
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