offing
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the near or foreseeable future
there was a wedding in the offing
Types & categories
- future hypernym
Sense 2 noun
the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area
there was a ship in the offing
Types & categories
- body of water hypernym
Parts & wholes
- main part holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | future |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | main |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | body of water |