All offing antonyms
offΒ·ing
O o noun offing
- peace β the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- past β gone by or elapsed in time: It was a bad time, but it's all past now.
- life β the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
- birth β When a baby is born, you refer to this event as his or her birth.
verb offing
- approve β If you approve of an action, event, or suggestion, you like it or are pleased about it.
- begin β To begin to do something means to start doing it.
- build β If you build something, you make it by joining things together.
- continue β If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.
- create β To create something means to cause it to happen or exist.
- enact β Make (a bill or other proposal) law.
- keep β to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- ratify β to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction: to ratify a constitutional amendment.
- restore β to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.
- sanction β authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- start β to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
- validate β to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
- add β ADD is an abbreviation for attention deficit disorder.
- aid β Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
- allow β If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them to do it and they will not get into trouble.
- assist β If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
- bear β If you bear something somewhere, you carry it there or take it there.
- construct β to draw (a line, angle, or figure) so that certain requirements are satisfied
- establish β Set up (an organization, system, or set of rules) on a firm or permanent basis.
- fasten β to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
- fix β to repair; mend.
- help β to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- institute β to set up; establish; organize: to institute a government.
- lose β to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
- mend β to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy.
- permit β to allow to do something: Permit me to explain.
- strengthen β to make stronger; give strength to.
- support β to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- arrange β If you arrange an event or meeting, you make plans for it to happen.
- imbalance β the state or condition of lacking balance, as in proportion or distribution.
- tip β Eugene (Gladstone) 1888β1953, U.S. playwright: Nobel prize 1936.
- uphold β to support or defend, as against opposition or criticism: He fought the duel to uphold his family's honor.
- schedule β a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
- set up β the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
- plant β any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- fail β to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- leave β to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- miss β to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
- save β to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss: to save someone from drowning.
- free β enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- hold β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- let go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- loose β free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
- maintain β to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
- preserve β to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- initiate β to begin, set going, or originate: to initiate major social reforms.