Join free

offering

English · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

offering

  • /ˈɒfəɹɪŋ/ UK
  • /ˈɔfəɹɪŋ/ British, Southern, Standard
  • /ˈɒfəɹɪŋ/ Midlands, Northern England, UK
  • /ˈɒfəɹɪŋɡ/ Midlands, Northern England, UK
  • /ˈɒfəɾɪŋ/ UK, Wales
  • /ˈɔfəɾɪŋ/ Scotland, UK
  • /ˈɔfɚ.ɪŋ/ US
  • /ˈɑfɚ.ɪŋ/ US, cot caught merger
  • /ˈɒfɚ.ɪŋ/ Canada
  • /ˈɔfəɹɪŋ/ Australia
  • /ˈɒfəɹəŋ/ New Zealand
  • [ˈɔ̟fəɹəŋ] ~ [ˈɞ̠fəɹəŋ] New Zealand

Where it comes from

From offer + -ing. Displaced native Old English hūsl.

noun offerings

  1. The act by which something is offered.
  2. That which has been offered; a sacrifice. votive offerings
  3. An oblation or presentation made as a religious act. In many ways an ancient well-established situation is in Place: a dead military hero has reappeared as a ghost bringing trouble and even death to the officials who come to administer the Hsiang-chou prefecture at An-yang; they build a temple in his honour and make him regular offerings of bloody foo
  4. A contribution given at a religious service.
  5. Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered, such as for sale In recent seasons fetishwear has found its way onto the catwalk, with vinyl, PVC and lycra featuring among the most unlikely designer offerings.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of offer The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing",[…]and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: oblation, offeror, proposal, propose, enabling, give, available, gift, permitting, granting, bringing, submitting, availability, provide, proponent, supply

Translations

Every language

noun act of offering

Españolofrecimiento
Kiswahilitoleo
Portuguêsoferecimento, oferta
Françaisoffre
DeutschAngebot, Anerbieten
Русскийпредложе́ние predložénije

noun that which has been offered; a sacrifice

Españolofrecimiento, ofrenda, presentalla
हिन्दीबलिदान balidān, बलि bali
Kiswahilitoleo
Portuguêsoferenda
Françaisoffrande
DeutschOpfer
العربيةقُرْبَان qurbān
עבריתמִנְחָה minḥá

noun oblation or presentation made as a religious act

日本語供物 kumotsu, 供え物 sonaemono
हिन्दीआहुति āhuti, होम hom, बलि bali
Kiswahilitoleo
Françaisoffrande
DeutschOpfergabe
Românăofrandă
العربيةقُرْبَان qurbān

noun contribution given at a religious service

हिन्दीसेवा sevā
Kiswahilitoleo

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"offering." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/offering. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

offering. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/offering

Chicago

"offering." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/offering.

BibTeX
@misc{offering_2026,
  title = {offering},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/offering},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}