Offing

/ˈɒfɪŋ/

Synonyms for "offing" (45 found)

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Closest matches (9)

aftertimeafteryearsbackgroundby-and-bycourse aheadcrystal balldeterminismdistant futureeventuality

Strong matches (14)

expectationforesightforward lookfuturefuture tensefuturismfuturityhereafterhorizonimmediate futureimmediate prospectimminencemanananear future

Related words (22)

Noun(5 words)
open seaopen waterpending outcomesprospectsupcoming developments
outlookposterioritypredictionprobabilityprojectprophecyprospectremote distancethe distancethe futurethe morrowthe sweet by-and-bytime aheadtime just aheadtime to cometomorrowvanishing point

Related word relations

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4 relation types

More general

9 entries
body of waterfuturefuture eventsfuturityhereafterprospectsseatime to comewater

More specific

5 entries
anticipated milestonescoastal watersnearshore waterspending reformsupcoming projects

Collocations

6 entries
coastal watersnearshore watersoffshore watersopen seaopen waterthe offing

Inflections

1 entries

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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Tom was excited about the new job offer since he'd felt stagnant and unappreciated in his current position, but when he told his boss that he was thinking about leaving, his boss told him that a promotion and a pay raise were in the offing if he would stay, so it left Tom in a quandary about what to do.

Source: tatoeba (3020397)

As Tom and Mary's one-year dating anniversary passed, Tom's mother began to be cautiously optimistic that a wedding might soon be in the offing.

Source: tatoeba (3037009)

Beyond his small fleet of ships anchored safely past the shallow mud flats, the captain could just make out a row of low hills in the offing, but even with binoculars he could not see beyond the horizon to the mighty offshore wind turbines which he had sailed by on his approach to the inlet.

Source: tatoeba (3567722)

The prime minister and his party were by now so unpopular that most commentators predicted a landslide win for the opposition party to be in the offing for the next election.

Source: tatoeba (3567728)

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