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US
/ˈɔfɝ/
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[ UK /ˈɒfɐ/ ]
[ UK /ˈɒfɐ/ ]
VERB
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offer verbally
He offered his sympathy
extend my greetings -
present for acceptance or rejection
She offered us all a cold drink -
propose a payment
The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting -
ask (someone) to marry you
he popped the question on Sunday night
The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman
she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months -
produce or introduce on the stage
The Shakespeare Company is offering `King Lear' this month -
put forward for consideration
He offered his opinion -
make available for sale
The stores are offering specials on sweaters this week -
make available; provide
extend a loan
The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages -
present as an act of worship
offer prayers to the gods -
mount or put up
offer resistance
put up a good fight -
make available or accessible, provide or furnish
The hotel offers private meeting rooms
The conference center offers a health spa -
threaten to do something
I offered to leave the committee if they did not accept my proposal -
agree freely
She volunteered to drive the old lady home
I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would not hear of it
NOUN
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the verbal act of offering
a generous offer of assistance -
something offered (as a proposal or bid)
noteworthy new offerings for investors included several index funds -
a usually brief attempt
I gave it a whirl
he took a crack at it
How To Use offer In A Sentence
- It would almost be better to have no backbench bills at all than the current system, which offers a false glimmer of hope. Times, Sunday Times
- But at lunch on the first day we were approached by the helpful Hotel Manager Henri and offered a swap to an overwater bungalow.
- Combine the corn with steamed green vegetables like asparagus and offer baked potatoes to ensure the children don't go hungry.
- It is just as well that this doubly weighty volume, which offers a lot of poems for the pound, tends to reward the effort it demands. The Times Literary Supplement
- In this regard, I offer a few guesses about some general directions in which statistical physics may change.
- However Its normally an extra mit full of cash in the pot from me as I try and turbo speed goffer the place dry This doesn't sound like a good deal. Army Rumour Service
- He expressed his racial hatred for everyone, especially OBama making veiled death threats, spoke of other dangerous topics etc … and then offered to sell me a mosser rifle as he was buying a a whole shippment of them. Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
- Country pursuits on offer include sheep-racing, woodcarving with chainsaws, small-bore rifle-shooting, wool-spinning, bee demonstrations, candle-making and ferret-racing.
- Another friend notes a shift in the type of gifts given at wedding showers, a reversion to 1950s-style offerings: soup ladles and frilly aprons are being unwrapped along with see-through nighties and push-up bras.
- You estimate, I will offer your estimated value to the auction committee.
