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Meaning of "offing" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF OFFING

ˈɒfɪŋ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OFFING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Offing is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OFFING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of offing in the English dictionary

The definition of offing in the dictionary is the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OFFING

briefing · buffing · coughing · effing · golfing · huffing · kitesurfing · laughing · morphing · roofing · rustproofing · scoffing · sniffing · staffing · strafing · stuffing · surfing · swoffing · waterproofing · windsurfing

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OFFING

officialese · officialism · officiality · officially · officialty · officiant · officiaries · officiary · officiate · officiation · officiator · officinal · officinally · officious · officiously · officiousness · offie · offish · offishly · offishness

WORDS THAT END LIKE OFFING

astroturfing · ballot-box stuffing · bodysurfing · chuffing · coiffing · couchsurfing · crowd surfing · debriefing · glue-sniffing · huffing and puffing · in the offing · naffing · overstaffing · press briefing · safe surfing · soundproofing · spiffing · spoofing · tiffing · understaffing

Synonyms and antonyms of offing in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «offing» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF OFFING

Find out the translation of offing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of offing from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «offing» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

近海
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

offing
570 millions of speakers
en

English

offing
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

समुद्र का किनारा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بداياته
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

невдалеке
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

iminente
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ঘনায়মান
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

Offing
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Berpindah
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

offing
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

오키
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Offing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngoài khơi
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

மீண்டும் இணையும்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

ऑफिंग
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

engin
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

imminente
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

offing
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

неподалік
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

offing
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πέλαγος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vooruitsig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

offing
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

offing
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of offing

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OFFING»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of offing
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about offing

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OFFING»

Discover the use of offing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to offing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Jeeves in the Offing: (Jeeves & Wooster)
A Jeeves and Wooster novel Jeeves is on holiday in Herne Bay, and while he's away the world caves in on Bertie Wooster.
P.G. Wodehouse, 2009
2
Passage to the Center: Imagination and the Sacred in the ...
sequence's final poem the full transfigurative power of the offing, of emptiness conceived as a transpersonal field of relation that points to a fullness of being beyond measure, is made stunningly apparent: Strange how things in the offing, once ...
Daniel Tobin, 1991
3
Manual of Hydrology: Containing I. Hydraulic and Other ...
Captain Beechey proceeds to trace the course of the stream from Pembroke to the Land's End ; to connect the tides of the Irish Sea with those of the Bristol and English Channels, and finally with those of the offing. The following observntions  ...
Nathaniel Beardmore, 1872
4
The practice of engineering field work, applied to land, ...
It seemed evident that the water was influenced by forces acting in opposition nearly to each other, and that there- was a tide in the offing whose streams of ebb and flood did not correspond with those of the channels. By applying this idea first ...
W. Davis Haskoll, 1858
5
Knowledge and Experience
In (3) the speech act of commending is neither performed nor in the offing, while, although it is not performed in (3a), it is in the offing there. Therefore, 5. ' "I commend" is used to commend' when thus construed is true, but ' "Good" is used to ...
C. D. Rollins, 1963
6
Light in the Offing [A Novel ]
Title: Light in the Offing. [A novel.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom.
Hilary Deccan, 2011
7
The universal etymological English dictionary
The Ship stands far the OFFING [ Sea Thrjst] it said of a Ship seen from Shore sailing out to Seaward. The Ship is in the OFFING [ Sia Fh.ise ] nienns that (he has the Shoic near her, and having another a good way without her towards the Sea.
Nathan Bailey, 1731
8
Boyer's French Dictionary: Comprising All the Additions and ...
Large, s. m. Mar. offing, main sea. 1л сШ \\ du large, the oiling. Au large, in the oí ring. Connr au large, avoir le bord au large, to eland for the oiling. Au large de, without. V. Mouiller. Prendre du large, to gain an offing, s' and out to sea, sheer off.
Abel Boyer, 1839
9
When You Come Home: A Wartime Courtship in Letters, 1941-45
7. A. Wedding. in. the. Offing. Settling in, October 2, 1943: It's a Saturday morning and the end ofmy third week of school. Well, almost the end. I have a class this afternoon, but after that I'm free. Utah is playing Fort Warren in football this ...
Robert E. Quirk, 2007
10
Jennings Report
4. Report. in. the. Offing. Mr Wilkins returned from his weekend conference in time for school on Monday morning. And by then the hedgehog had been moved to a secret hideout in a disused tool shed. Here it remained in a state of hibernation, ...
Anthony Buckeridge, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OFFING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term offing is used in the context of the following news items.
1
In the offing
A team has been constituted to make police stations Wi-Fi enabled and efforts are on to make all police vehicles GPS-enabled. To start with, the ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
2
MPISA, Maharashtra government's own internal security act, in offing
According to highly-placed sources, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who also handles Home portfolio, has already given the go-ahead to ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jul 15»
3
Another bumper sugar output in the offing
The sugar season 2015-16 (October–September) is expected to remain another year of bumper production, says the Indian Sugar Mills ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»
4
Weak Start In The Offing For European Equities
(RTTNews.com) - The European markets look set to open on a sluggish note on Friday after Wall Street stocks dropped for the third consecutive ... «Nasdaq, Jul 15»
5
Global Homes group in strife as $4m Housing NZ deal in offing
Christchurch's Global Developments (Waltham) Ltd has gone into liquidation, having built this block of flats at 60 Waltham Rd for Housing New ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
6
No kidding: An 'Emoji' movie in the offing
There is no fad which Hollywood can't turn into a blockbuster. This was proved right again after Sony Pictures Animation snapped up the rights ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
7
Monsoon showers lash Odisha, more in offing
Rain in Odisha Moderate to heavy Monsoon rains have been lashing Odisha during the last few days. Moreover, good showers are likely to ... «Skymet Weather, Jul 15»
8
New tourist circuits in the offing: Minister
Noting that India's culture and heritage have not been marketed well, union Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma on Thursday said the central ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»
9
Tom Cruise Dating British Assistant, Fourth Marriage Is In The Offing?
Looks like a very lucky lady has caught the eyes and heart of the handsome icon Tom Cruise! This time, it has been reported that the 'Mission: ... «Times Gazette, Jul 15»
10
More upside in the offing; Nifty may touch 8750 in next few sessions …
The kind of patterns and the open interest and the price and volume built up on many charts suggest that the further upmove is in the offing. «Economic Times, Jul 15»
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