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offering en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɑfəɹɪŋ/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • (General-American) audio
  • /ˈɒfəɹɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈɔfəɹɪŋ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From offer + -ing. Displaced native Old English hūsl.

Meanings

  1. gerund of offer ▸ The act by which something is offered.
  2. gerund of offer ▸ That which has been offered; a sacrifice.
    • votive offerings
    • These are the bookstores' latest offerings.
  3. gerund of offer ▸ An oblation or presentation made as a religious act.
    • In many ways an ancient well-established situation is in Place: a dead military hero has reappeared as a ghost bringing trouble and even death to the officials who come to administer the Hsiang-chou prefecture at An-yang; they build a temple in his honour and make him regular offerings of bloody food; he then protects and supports the administrators who are responsible. 1995, Glen Dudbridge, Religious Experience and Lay Society in T'ang China: a reading of Tai Fu's Kuang-i chi, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 69–70:
  4. gerund of offer ▸ A contribution given at a religious service.
  5. gerund of offer ▸ Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered, such as for sale
    • Ithaca is also a vibrant college town — home to Cornell University and Ithaca College — with more cultural offerings than its size would suggest, thanks in large part to the people those institutions attract. 2025 June 26, Marnie Hunter, “This upstate New York town is a showstopper for scenery”, in CNN, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2025:
    • In recent seasons fetishwear has found its way onto the catwalk, with vinyl, PVC and lycra featuring among the most unlikely designer offerings. 1996, Caryn Franklin, Franklin on fashion:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
offerings Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

initial coin offering · guilt offering · sin offering · peace offering · burnt offering · offering plate · public offering · meat offering · love offering · trespass offering · offering formula · wave offering · heave offering · initial public offering

Relateds

oblate · offertory · oblation · offer

Translations (90)

es ofrecimiento (act of offering) · de Angebot (act of offering) · fi uhrilahja (that which has been offered; a sacrifice) · tr kurban (that which has been offered; a sacrifice) · eo ofero (oblation or presentation made as a religious act) · nn ofring (that which has been offered; a sacrifice) · kix chāithíu (that which has been offered; a sacrifice) · tr sunma (act of offering) · sa बलि (oblation or presentation made as a religious act) · fi tarjoaminen (act of offering) · he מִנְחָה (that which has been offered; a sacrifice) · pt oferecimento (act of offering) · kix chāithíu (act of offering) · tr takdim (act of offering) · fr offrande (oblation or presentation made as a religious act) · ca oferiment (that which has been offered; a sacrifice) · sh žrtva (that which has been offered; a sacrifice) · fi uhraaminen (oblation or presentation made as a religious act) · sk obeť (that which has been offered; a sacrifice) · hi सेवा (contribution given at a religious service) · sw toleo (contribution given at a religious service) · bg дарение (contribution given at a religious service) · ja 供え物 (oblation or presentation made as a religious act) · gd ìobairt (that which has been offered; a sacrifice) · sk obeta (that which has been offered; a sacrifice) · hi आहुति (oblation or presentation made as a religious act) · izh verha (oblation or presentation made as a religious act) · ga ofráil (oblation or presentation made as a religious act) · ro ofrandă (oblation or presentation made as a religious act) · mi raupanga (that which has been offered; a sacrifice) · tr sunu (oblation or presentation made as a religious act) · hi होम (oblation or presentation made as a religious act) · hi बलि (oblation or presentation made as a religious act) · tr adak (oblation or presentation made as a religious act) · sw toleo (that which has been offered; a sacrifice) · grc προσφορή (that which has been offered; a sacrifice) · nb ofring (that which has been offered; a sacrifice) · gl ofrecemento (act of offering) · ar قُرْبَان (that which has been offered; a sacrifice) · egy R4:t*p (that which has been offered; a sacrifice) · de Opfer (that which has been offered; a sacrifice) · lv upuris (that which has been offered; a sacrifice) · ar قُرْبَان (oblation or presentation made as a religious act) · ms barang sembahyang (oblation or presentation made as a religious act) · fi kolehti (contribution given at a religious service) · es ofrecimiento (that which has been offered; a sacrifice) · ga ofráil (contribution given at a religious service) · sw toleo (act of offering) · mi pito (oblation or presentation made as a religious act) · ca ofrena (oblation or presentation made as a religious act) · lv upuris (oblation or presentation made as a religious act) · br kinnig (act of offering) · bg жертвоприношение (oblation or presentation made as a religious act) · bg предлагане (act of offering) · fi uhraaminen (act of offering) · es presentalla (that which has been offered; a sacrifice) · ca oferiment (act of offering) · pt oferenda (that which has been offered; a sacrifice) · bg жертва (that which has been offered; a sacrifice) · mi omaki (oblation or presentation made as a religious act) · cs obětina (that which has been offered; a sacrifice) · de Opfergabe (oblation or presentation made as a religious act) · eo ofero (that which has been offered; a sacrifice) · mi whakahere (contribution given at a religious service) · hi बलिदान (that which has been offered; a sacrifice) · kix chāithíu (contribution given at a religious service) · fr offrande (that which has been offered; a sacrifice) · mi raupanga (oblation or presentation made as a religious act) · de Anerbieten (act of offering) · ja 供物 (oblation or presentation made as a religious act) · cs oběť (that which has been offered; a sacrifice) · pt oferta (act of offering) · gd ìobairt (act of offering) · sw toleo (oblation or presentation made as a religious act) · es ofrenda (that which has been offered; a sacrifice) · got 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌻 (oblation or presentation made as a religious act) · kix chāithíu (oblation or presentation made as a religious act) · fi uhri (that which has been offered; a sacrifice) · mi whakareinga (that which has been offered; a sacrifice) · mi whakahere (oblation or presentation made as a religious act) · fi tarjous (that which has been offered; a sacrifice) · la oblātiō (that which has been offered; a sacrifice) · fr offre (act of offering) · ru предложе́ние (act of offering) · tr sunuş (act of offering) · gd ìobairt (oblation or presentation made as a religious act) · hi बलि (that which has been offered; a sacrifice) · izh verha (that which has been offered; a sacrifice) · fi uhraus (oblation or presentation made as a religious act) · la oblātiō (act of offering)

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offering en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɑfəɹɪŋ/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • (General-American) audio
  • /ˈɒfəɹɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈɔfəɹɪŋ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From offer + -ing. Displaced native Old English hūsl.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of offer
    form of offer
    • The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing",[…]and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention. 2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 27:

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