offering

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
17
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈɒfəɹɪŋ/
See all 3 pronunciations
/ˈɒfəɹɪŋ/ · /ˈɔfəɹɪŋ/ · /ˈɑfəɹɪŋ/

Definition of offering

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. gerund of offer
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noun

  1. gerund of offer
  2. gerund of offer
    “votive offerings”
    “These are the bookstores' latest offerings.”
  3. 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.”
  4. gerund of offer
  5. 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

  1. (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.”

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Etymology

From offer + -ing.

Words you can make from offering

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6-letter words

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3-letter words

39 words

2-letter words

16 words

Hooks

3 extensions · 2 front · 1 back

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