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verb (used with object)
1.
to present for acceptance or rejection; proffer: He offered me a cigarette.
2.
to propose or put forward for consideration: to offer a suggestion.
3.
to propose or volunteer (to do something): She offered to accompany me.
4.
to make a show of intention (to do something): We did not offer to go first.
5.
EXPANDto give, make, or promise: She offered no response.
6.
to present solemnly as an act of worship or devotion, as to God, a deity or a saint; sacrifice.
7.
to present for sale: He offered the painting to me at a reduced price.
8.
to tender or bid as a price: to offer ten dollars for a radio.
9.
to attempt or threaten to do, engage in, or inflict: to offer battle.
10.
to put forth; exert: to offer resistance.
11.
to present to sight or notice.
12.
to introduce or present for exhibition or performance.
13.
to render (homage, thanks, etc.).
14.
COLLAPSEto present or volunteer (oneself) to someone as a spouse.
verb (used without object)
15.
to present itself; occur: Whenever an opportunity offered, he slipped off to town.
16.
to present something as an act of worship or devotion; sacrifice.
17.
to make a proposal or suggestion.
18.
to suggest oneself to someone for marriage; propose.
19.
Archaic. to make an attempt (followed by at).
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Offered
is always a great word to know.
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
noun
20.
an act or instance of offering: an offer of help.
21.
the condition of being offered: an offer for sale.
22.
something offered.
23.
a proposal or bid to give or pay something as the price of something else; bid: an offer of $90,000 for the house.
24.
EXPANDLaw. a proposal that requires only acceptance in order to create a contract.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English offren, Old English offrian to present in worship < Latin offerre, equivalent to of- of- + ferre to bring, bear1
before 900; Middle English offren, Old English offrian to present in worship < Latin offerre, equivalent to of- of- + ferre to bring, bear1
Related forms
of·fer·a·ble, adjective
of·fer·er, of·fer·or, noun
non·of·fer, noun
pre·of·fer, noun, verb (used with object)
re·of·fer, verb, noun
EXPANDSynonyms
1. Offer, proffer, tender mean to present for acceptance or refusal. Offer is a common word in general use for presenting something to be accepted or rejected: to offer assistance. Proffer, with the same meaning, is now chiefly a literary word: to proffer one's services. Tender (no longer used in reference to concrete objects) is a ceremonious term for a more or less formal or conventional act: to tender one's resignation. 2. give, move, propose.
1. Offer, proffer, tender mean to present for acceptance or refusal. Offer is a common word in general use for presenting something to be accepted or rejected: to offer assistance. Proffer, with the same meaning, is now chiefly a literary word: to proffer one's services. Tender (no longer used in reference to concrete objects) is a ceremonious term for a more or less formal or conventional act: to tender one's resignation. 2. give, move, propose.
Antonyms
1. withdraw, withhold. 20. refusal, denial.
1. withdraw, withhold. 20. refusal, denial.
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Word Origin & History
offer
O.E. ofrian, from L. offerre "to present, bestow, bring before" (in L.L. "to present in worship"), from ob "to" + ferre "to bring, to carry" (see infer). Non-religious sense reinforced by O.Fr. offrir "to offer," from L. offerre. The noun is first recorded 1433, from O.Fr.
EXPANDoffre (12c.), verbal noun from offrir. The native noun formation is offering (O.E. offrung), verbal noun from offrian.
COLLAPSE
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