Offing

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  • noun. The part of the sea visible from shore that is very distant or beyond anchoring ground.
  • idiom. (in the offing) In the near or immediate future; soon to come.
  • idiom. (in the offing) Nearby; at hand.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. That part of the open visible sea that is remote from the shore, beyond the anchoring-ground, or beyond the mid-line between the shore and the horizon.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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
  • noun. visible but not nearby.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The area of the sea in which a ship can be seen in the distance from land, excluding the parts nearest the shore, and beyond the anchoring ground.
  • noun. The distance that a ship at sea keeps away from land, often because of navigational dangers, fog and other hazards; a position at a distance from shore.
  • noun. The foreseeable future. Chiefly in the phrase in the offing.
  • verb. Present participle of off.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the near or foreseeable future
  • noun. the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area
    • Word Usage
    "The story is based on an original idea imagined by Cody about a newly possessed cheerleader named Jennifer that turns into a killer who specializes in offing her male classmates."
    Form
    in the offing  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    body of water  future  futurity  hereafter  time to come  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    coughing  doffing  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    en  ken  l  mid-channel  mobster  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    aftertime  afteryears  background  by-and-by  course ahead  
    verb-stem
    off  
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