offer (offers plural & 3rd person present) (offering present participle) (offered past tense & past participle )
1 verb If you offer something to someone, you ask them if they would like to have it or use it.
He has offered seats at the conference table to the Russian leader and the president of Kazakhstan... V n to n
2 verb If you offer to do something, you say that you are willing to do it.
Peter offered to teach them water-skiing... V to-inf
3 n-count An offer is something that someone says they will give you or do for you.
The offer of talks with Moscow marks a significant change from the previous western position...
4 verb If you offer someone information, advice, or praise, you give it to them, usually because you feel that they need it or deserve it.
They manage a company offering advice on mergers and acquisitions... V n
5 verb If you offer someone something such as love or friendship, you show them that you feel that way towards them.
The President has offered his sympathy to the Georgian people... V n to n
6 verb If people offer prayers, praise, or a sacrifice to God or a god, they speak to or give something to their god.
Church leaders offered prayers and condemned the bloodshed... V n
7 verb If an organization offers something such as a service or product, it provides it.
We have been successful because we are offering a quality service... V n
8 n-count An offer in a shop is a specially low price for a specific product or something extra that you get if you buy a certain product.
This month's offers include a shirt, trousers and bed covers...
9 verb If you offer a particular amount of money for something, you say that you will pay that much to buy it.
Whitney has offered V amount 21.50 a share in cash for 49.5 million Prime shares...
10 n-count An offer is the amount of money that someone says they will pay to buy something or give to someone because they have harmed them in some way.
He has dismissed an offer of compensation.
11 If you have something to offer, you have a quality or ability that makes you important, attractive, or useful.
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have sth to offer phrase
In your free time, explore all that this incredible city has to offer.
12 If there is something on offer, it is available to be used or bought.
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on offer phrase
Savings schemes are the best retail investment products on offer.
13 If you are open to offers, you are willing to do something if someone will pay you an amount of money that you think is reasonable.
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open to offers phrase
It seems that while the Kiwis are keen to have him, he is still open to offers. offer up
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