offer
/ˈɔfɚ/ verb A2- To propose or express one's willingness (to do something). · She offered to help with her homework.
- To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest. · Everybody offered an opinion.
- To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down. · He offered use of his car for the week.· He offered his good will for the Councilman's vote.
- To present (something) for sale.
- To present (something) to God or gods, as a gesture of worship or as a sacrifice.
- To present (something) to the sight etc.; to provide for use, consideration etc. · The city offers beautiful architecture.
- To place (something) in a position where it can be added to an existing mechanical assembly.
- To bid, as a price, reward, or wages. · I offered twenty dollars for it. The company is offering a salary of £30,000 a year.
He/she/it offers · Past offered · Past participle offered · -ing form offering
Verb forms
- Base form
- offer
- He/she/it
- offers
- Past
- offered
- Past participle
- offered
- -ing form
- offering
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
“Yes; we have an instance here; it was by always offering a million of francs to the governor for his liberty that an abbé became mad, who was in this chamber before you.”
I will make you another offer.”
“I do not offer you a million, because I have it not; but I will give you a hundred crowns if, the first time you go to Marseilles, you will seek out a young girl named Mercédès, at the Catalans, and give her two lines from me.”
Finding they were determined to go, the Winkies gave Toto and the Lion each a golden collar; and to Dorothy they presented a beautiful bracelet studded with diamonds; and to the Scarecrow they gave a gold-headed walking stick, to keep him from stumbling; and to the Tin Woodman they offered a silver oil-can, inlaid with gold and set with precious jewels.
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