offing
IPA: ˈɔfɪŋ
noun
- (nautical) 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.
- (nautical) 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.
- (figuratively) The foreseeable future. Chiefly in the phrase in the offing.
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Examples of "offing" in Sentences
- If this team stays together, another deep tournament run could be in offing.
- The complete lack of tension involved in offing two of the show’s most important characters was a big fat drag.
- Immediately in the offing was the walling off an area of veld used for recreation, but which was dangerous at night in its present state.
- (Still in the offing was the second, wider and more prolonged phase involving the forces of the five Arab nations that invaded Palestine in mid-May.)
- Remember Dukakis -- no, not Olympia, but Michael -- when he was asked whether he would support the idea of offing the killer of HIS WIFE, repeat, HIS WIFE!, he said no.
- 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.
- The story, scripted by Oscar winning Juno screenwriter Diablo Cody, is about a newly possessed cheerleader who turns into a killer that specializes in offing her male classmates.
- _Zungeru_, rolling sluggishly at a single anchor, while steaming slowly in the offing was a light cruiser detailed to act as escort to the convoy, for more transports were under orders to rendezvous off Cape
- State of the Career: Volunteering is still the most fun I can have with my clothes on, and there are a couple of job applications in the offing, which is similarly taking up a lot of my limited attention span.
- Another in the offing is the Super Bowl indicator, which pred icts stock increases in the years when a team from the National Football League ' s National Football Conference wins the Super Bowl — as the NFC ' s New Orleans Saints did in February.
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