OFFING as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area
   Usage Example(s)
   • there was a ship in the offing
   Hypernyms(s) offing is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • body of water (what does body of water mean?)
   • water (what does water mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the near or foreseeable future
   Usage Example(s)
   • there was a wedding in the offing
   Hypernyms(s) offing is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • future (what does future mean?)
   • hereafter (what does hereafter mean?)
   • futurity (what does futurity mean?)
   • time to come (what does time to come mean?)