offering
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 15
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 8
/ˈɒfəɹɪŋ/
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/ˈɒfəɹɪŋ/ · /ˈɔfəɹɪŋ/ · /ˈɑfəɹɪŋ/
Definition of offering
6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- gerund of offer
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noun
- gerund of offer
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gerund of offer
“votive offerings”
“These are the bookstores' latest offerings.”
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gerund of offer
“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.”
- gerund of offer
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gerund of offer
“In recent seasons fetishwear has found its way onto the catwalk, with vinyl, PVC and lycra featuring among the most unlikely designer offerings.”
“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.”
verb
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund 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.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From offer + -ing.
Words you can make from offering
123 playable · top: GRIFFON (14 pts)
Best play griffon 14 points7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
11 words5-letter words
20 words4-letter words
34 words- FIEF 10 pts
- FIFE 10 pts
- NIFF 10 pts
- RIFF 10 pts
- FRIG 8 pts
- FROG 8 pts
- FERN 7 pts
- FINE 7 pts
- FINO 7 pts
- FIRE 7 pts
- FIRN 7 pts
- FOIN 7 pts
- FORE 7 pts
- FROE 7 pts
- INFO 7 pts
- NEIF 7 pts
- REIF 7 pts
- RIFE 7 pts
- ERGO 5 pts
- GIEN 5 pts
- GIRN 5 pts
- GIRO 5 pts
- GOER 5 pts
- GONE 5 pts
- GORE 5 pts
- GRIN 5 pts
- OGRE 5 pts
- RING 5 pts
- INRO 4 pts
- IRON 4 pts
- NOIR 4 pts
- NORI 4 pts
- REIN 4 pts
- RENO 4 pts
3-letter words
39 words- EFF 9 pts
- IFF 9 pts
- OFF 9 pts
- FIG 7 pts
- FOG 7 pts
- GIF 7 pts
- FEN 6 pts
- FER 6 pts
- FIE 6 pts
- FIN 6 pts
- FIR 6 pts
- FOE 6 pts
- FON 6 pts
- FOR 6 pts
- FRO 6 pts
- REF 6 pts
- RIF 6 pts
- EGO 4 pts
- ENG 4 pts
- ERG 4 pts
- GEN 4 pts
- GIE 4 pts
- GIN 4 pts
- GOR 4 pts
- NEG 4 pts
- NOG 4 pts
- ORG 4 pts
- REG 4 pts
- RIG 4 pts
- EON 3 pts
- ERN 3 pts
- ION 3 pts
- IRE 3 pts
- NOR 3 pts
- ONE 3 pts
- ORE 3 pts
- REI 3 pts
- RIN 3 pts
- ROE 3 pts
2-letter words
16 wordsHooks
3 extensions · 2 front · 1 back
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