offing English

Meaning offing meaning

What does offing mean?

offing

— noun the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area there was a ship in the offing

— noun the near or foreseeable future there was a wedding in the offing

Synonyms offing synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as offing?

offing English » English

high seas

off

main

forthcoming

coast

Topics offing topics

What do people use offing to talk about?

States Big Distance

Far

• What words indicate that something is farther than something else?
  farther further beyond past on the other side of farthest furthest extreme in the offing background

States Time Aspectual time

Future

• What words describe something that will exist or happen in the future?
  future (adj) coming forthcoming upcoming in the offing