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offing

off·ing
O o

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [aw-fing, of-ing]
    • /ˈɔ fɪŋ, ˈɒf ɪŋ/
    • /ˈɒf.ɪŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [aw-fing, of-ing]
    • /ˈɔ fɪŋ, ˈɒf ɪŋ/

Definitions of offing word

  • noun offing the state or fact of being off. 1
  • noun offing Cricket. the off side. 1
  • idioms offing get it off. get1 (def 54). 1
  • idioms offing off and on, Also, on and off. with intervals between; intermittently: to work off and on. Nautical. on alternate tacks. 1
  • idioms offing off of, Informal. off: Take your feet off of the table! 1
  • idioms offing off with, take away; remove: Off with those muddy boots before you step into this kitchen! cut off: Off with his head! 1

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Origin of offing

First appearance:

before 1620
One of the 42% oldest English words
First recorded in 1620-30; off + -ing1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Offing

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

offing popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

offing usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for offing

noun offing

  • massacre — the unnecessary, indiscriminate killing of a large number of human beings or animals, as in barbarous warfare or persecution or for revenge or plunder.
  • bloodshed — Bloodshed is violence in which people are killed or wounded.
  • butchery — You can refer to the cruel killing of a lot of people as butchery when you want to express your horror and disgust at this.
  • crime — A crime is an illegal action or activity for which a person can be punished by law.
  • havoc — great destruction or devastation; ruinous damage.

verb offing

  • abolish — If someone in authority abolishes a system or practice, they formally put an end to it.
  • abort — If an unborn baby is aborted, the pregnancy is ended deliberately and the baby is not born alive.
  • annul — If an election or a contract is annulled, it is declared invalid, so that legally it is considered never to have existed.
  • break off — If part of something breaks off or if you break it off, it comes off or is removed by force.
  • cut — If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.

interjection offing

  • away — If someone or something moves or is moved away from a place, they move or are moved so that they are no longer there. If you are away from a place, you are not in the place where people expect you to be.
  • hightail — to go away or leave rapidly: Last we saw of him, he was hightailing down the street.
  • leave — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
  • out — away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner.
  • scat — to sing by making full or partial use of the technique of scat singing.

Antonyms for offing

noun offing

  • peace — the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
  • past — gone by or elapsed in time: It was a bad time, but it's all past now.
  • life — 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 — When a baby is born, you refer to this event as his or her birth.

verb offing

  • approve — If you approve of an action, event, or suggestion, you like it or are pleased about it.
  • begin — To begin to do something means to start doing it.
  • build — If you build something, you make it by joining things together.
  • continue — If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.
  • create — To create something means to cause it to happen or exist.

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