offer
/ˈɒfə/
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Translation
To ask someone if they would like something, or to say you are willing to give or do it.
Word origin
From Latin offerre, meaning to present or bring before, which passed into Old English as offrian.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- offerre
- English cognates
- offering
Grammar
Verb typeregular (offer, offers, offered)
Examples
tea?
"Offer" means to ask if someone would like something.
bread Sundays.
"Offers" is the form used with he, she, or it.
bags.
"Offered" is the past form of "offer".
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