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offer in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. propose a payment
    "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting"
    offer  bid  tender 
  2. ask (someone) to marry you
    "he popped the question on Sunday night"; "she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months"; "The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman"
    propose  declare oneself  offer  pop the question 
  3. offer verbally
    "extend my greetings"; "He offered his sympathy"
    offer  extend 
  4. make available; provide
    "extend a loan"; "The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages"
    extend  offer 
  5. put forward for consideration
    "He offered his opinion"
    offer 
  6. threaten to do something
    "I offered to leave the committee if they did not accept my proposal"
    offer 
  7. produce or introduce on the stage
    "The Shakespeare Company is offering `King Lear' this month"
    offer 
  8. present for acceptance or rejection
    "She offered us all a cold drink"
    offer  proffer 
  9. make available or accessible, provide or furnish
    "The conference center offers a health spa"; "The hotel offers private meeting rooms"
    offer 
  10. make available for sale
    "The stores are offering specials on sweaters this week"
    offer 
  11. agree freely
    "She volunteered to drive the old lady home"; "I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would not hear of it"
    volunteer  offer 
  12. mount or put up
    "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance"
    put up  provide  offer 
  13. present as an act of worship
    "offer prayers to the gods"
    offer  offer up 
noun
  1. a usually brief attempt
    "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"
    crack  fling  go  pass  whirl  offer 
  2. something offered (as a proposal or bid)
    "noteworthy new offerings for investors included several index funds"
    offer  offering 
  3. the verbal act of offering
    "a generous offer of assistance"
    offer  offering 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University