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OFFING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area
Example:
there was a ship in the offing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("offing" is a kind of...):
body of water; water (the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean))
Holonyms ("offing" is a part of...):
briny; main (any very large body of (salt) water)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The near or foreseeable future
Example:
there was a wedding in the offing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("offing" is a kind of...):
future; futurity; hereafter; time to come (the time yet to come)
