offering
Pluralofferings
Pluralofferings
- 1A thing that someone puts up for sale or puts forward for others to take.
Like a dish a cook carries to the table so everyone can try it.
The bakery's newest offering is a sourdough loaf studded with olives.
Each shop showed off its best offering to the weekend crowd.
UsageOften plural for many things: the shop's offerings.
Similaroption, product, issue, proposal
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- 2Present participle and gerund of offer. Use this form for something happening now or as the name of the action.
He is offering his seat to the older man on the bus.
Offering help to a stranger made her feel good.
UsageSpell it with one r. To say you will do something, use to: offering to help.
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- 3A gift given to a god, or left at a holy place, to show worship.
Like a present you give to a god instead of to a person.
The priest laid the offering upon the stone altar at dawn.
Ancient tribes burned offerings to please their gods.
UsagePeople make or leave an offering to a god.
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Less common meanings
- 4Money or a gift that people give during a religious service.
The ushers passed baskets to collect the Sunday offering.
She placed her weekly offering in the collection plate.
UsagePeople collect or take up the offering at a service.
Similarcollection, donation, contribution
- 5The act of giving or putting something forward for others.
The offering of help came at just the right moment.
Her quiet offering of an apology eased the tension between them.
UsageSay the offering of something: the offering of help.
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Showing meanings only.
offering is a form of offer
offer, verb: To show something or provide it for people to use or think about. Full entry
- Spelling
- offer → offering: add -ing
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Origin
It comes from the word "offer" plus the ending "-ing."
Checked 6 Nov 2026 · 1 fact
- Offering comes from offer plus the ending -ing. en.wiktionary.org