About The Word Offing
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Offing
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What's The Definition Of Offing?
[n] 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"
[n] the near or foreseeable future; "there was a wedding in the offing" Synonyms | Synonyms for Offing: Related Terms | Find terms related to Offing: aftertime | afteryears | background | by-and-by | course ahead | crystal ball | determinism | distant future | eventuality | expectation | foresight | forward look | future | future tense | futurism | futurity | hereafter | horizon | immediate future | immediate prospect | imminence | near future | outlook | posteriority | prediction | probability | project | prophecy | prospect | remote distance | the distance | the future | the morrow | the sweet by-and-by | time ahead | time just ahead | time to come | tomorrow | vanishing point See Also | body of water | briny | future | futurity | hereafter | main | time to come | water Offing In Webster's Dictionary \Off"ing\, n. [From {Off}.]
That part of the sea at a good distance from the shore, or
where there is deep water and no need of a pilot; also,
distance from the shore; as, the ship had ten miles offing;
we saw a ship in the offing.
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