📖 O — The English dictionary · page 6

offender — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who has broken the law or done a crime.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A person or thing that causes a problem or does something wrong: «The worst offender for noise was the dog.».↗ Example: The police caught the offender near the station.↗ · Young offenders may be given community work instead of prison.↗ · He was a first-time offender, so the judge gave him a warning.↗ · In our house, the worst offender for leaving lights on is my brother.↗ · Repeat offenders are people who keep breaking the law.↗ · Fizzy drinks are the main offender for bad teeth.↗ · The incensed deities now combined to punish the offender.↗ · Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.'↗ (Prophets 1KI.1.21, JPS 1917)↗ · That make a man an offender by words, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nought.↗ (Prophets ISA.29.21, JPS 1917)↗

offending — Everyday, meaning 1: Offending means upsetting someone or making them feel hurt or insulted.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The offending thing is the one that causes a problem or breaks a rule.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Offending can mean breaking the law.↗ Example: I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you.↗ · The dentist removed the offending tooth.↗ · Mum threw away the offending sock that smelled.↗ · Try to avoid offending people with jokes about them.↗ · The referee sent off the offending player.↗ · The offending email was deleted.↗

offense — Everyday, meaning 1: An offense is a wrong that someone does, a bad action or a crime.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An offense is something that hurts or insults someone.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In sport an offense is the team that is attacking.↗ Example: For this offense he was sent to prison.↗ · Calling her names was an offense.↗ · Taking the cake without asking was his first offense.↗

offensive — Everyday, meaning 1: Rude or insulting, likely to upset people.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Very unpleasant to the senses: an offensive smell.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (sport, US) To do with attacking and scoring, not defending: the offensive team.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (noun) A big attack in a war: launch an offensive.↗ Example: Using offensive words in class is not allowed.↗ · There was an offensive smell coming from the bin.↗ · That joke is offensive to many people.↗ · Our team's offensive play was brilliant.↗ · The army began a spring offensive.↗ · When she was blamed, she went on the offensive.↗ · And indeed Tink was darting about again, using offensive language.↗

offensiveness — Everyday, meaning 1: Offensiveness is the quality of being rude or hurtful, so that it upsets or insults people.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Being very unpleasant to the senses: the offensiveness of a smell.↗ Example: The offensiveness of his joke shocked the class.↗ · People complained about the offensiveness of the advert.↗ · Swear words are graded by their offensiveness.↗ · She did not see the offensiveness of what she said.↗ · The offensiveness of the smell made us hold our noses.↗ · We discussed the offensiveness of name-calling.↗

offer — Everyday, meaning 1: To offer is to say you will give something to someone, or to hold it out for them to take.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To offer to do something is to say you are willing to do it.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An offer is a deal, like a lower price: a special offer.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: An offer is also the thing or money someone says they will give.↗ Example: She offered 3 cookies to each friend.↗ · The shop has an offer: 2 for 5 dollars.↗ · He offered to pay half.↗ · On offer, pens are 1 dollar each.↗ · He offered his seat to an older lady.↗ · Thank you for the offer, but I am full.↗ · Never accept an offer of a ride from a stranger.↗ · The special offer ends on Sunday.↗ · The library offers free reading clubs.↗ · One of them offered him an Alpine rose.↗ · And the burnt-offering was presented; and he offered it according to the ordinance.↗ (Torah LEV.9.16, JPS 1917)↗ · And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD.↗ (Torah NUM.26.61, JPS 1917)↗ · On the second day Nethanel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer: (Torah NUM.7.18, JPS 1917)↗ · Ye offer polluted bread upon Mine altar.↗ (Prophets MAL.1.7, JPS 1917)↗ · And they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt-offerings.↗ (Prophets 2KI.10.24, JPS 1917)↗ · And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt-offering upon the altar.↗ (Writings 2CH.29.27, JPS 1917)↗

offereth — Early Modern English, meaning 1: «offereth» means «offers», a form of «offer».↗ e.g. To offer is to say you will give something to someone, or to hold it out for them to take.↗ Example: And the priest that offereth any man's burnt-offering, even the priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt-offering which he hath offered.↗ (Torah LEV.7.8, JPS 1917) · He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace-offerings, and the fat, shall have the right thigh for a portion.↗ (Torah LEV.7.33, JPS 1917) · The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it; in a holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tent of meeting.↗ (Torah LEV.6.26, JPS 1917)

offering — Everyday, meaning 1: An offering is something you give, especially as a gift.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (church) An offering is money people give in a church service, or a gift given to God; in the Bible people brought offerings such as animals, grain or the first fruits of the harvest.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Offering is the -ing form of the verb "offer": giving someone the chance to take something.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: An offering can be something made available to buy or watch, like a new film or a menu choice.↗ Example: During the hymn, two people passed round the offering plate.↗ · I put my pocket money in the offering at church.↗ · In the Bible, Abel's offering was the best of his lambs.↗ · Hindus may place flowers as an offering in the temple.↗ · I gave my sister a chocolate as a peace offering after our fight.↗ · Thank you for offering to help with the washing up.↗ · The café's newest offering is a strawberry milkshake.↗ · Her offerings were cakes and milk.↗ · one male of the goats for a sin-offering; (Torah NUM.7.16, JPS 1917)↗ · And they brought yet unto him freewill-offerings every morning.↗ (Torah EXO.36.3, JPS 1917)↗ · This was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.↗ (Torah NUM.7.17, JPS 1917)↗ · And they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt-offerings.↗ (Prophets 2KI.10.24, JPS 1917)↗ · And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt-offering upon the altar.↗ (Writings 2CH.29.27, JPS 1917)↗ · and for the wood-offering, at times appointed, and for the first-fruits.↗ (Writings NEH.13.31, JPS 1917)↗

office — Everyday, meaning 1: An office is a room or building where people work at desks, often with computers and papers.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The school office is where the secretary or receptionist works and visitors sign in.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An office is a building where a service is given, like a post office or a ticket office.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: An office is an important job or position, like the office of president.↗ Example: My mum works in an office in town.↗ · Take this note to the school office.↗ · We bought stamps at the post office.↗ · Visitors must sign in at the office.↗ · The box office sells tickets for the show.↗ · The President took office in January.↗ · And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto Me in the priest's office.↗ (Torah EXO.30.30, JPS 1917)↗ · And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was: I was restored unto mine office, and he was hanged.'↗ (Torah GEN.41.13, JPS 1917)↗ · These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests that were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.↗ (Torah NUM.3.3, JPS 1917)↗ · for the four chief porters were in a set office.↗ (Writings 1CH.9.26, JPS 1917)↗ · These were reckoned by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.↗ (Writings 1CH.9.22, JPS 1917)↗ · But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children; therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.↗ (Writings 1CH.24.2, JPS 1917)↗

officer — Everyday, meaning 1: An officer is a police officer, a person whose job is to keep people safe and make them obey the law.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An officer is a person with a high rank in the army, navy or air force who gives orders.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An officer is a person with an important job in an organisation: a school safety officer.↗ Example: The police officer helped me find my mum.↗ · If you are lost, ask a police officer.↗ · The officer gave orders to the soldiers.↗ · An officer came to talk to our class about road safety.↗ · The ship's officer checked our tickets.↗ · «Thank you, Officer,» she said.↗ · Fire officers put out the fire.↗ · The officer wore a badge.↗ · And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying: (Torah EXO.5.6, JPS 1917)↗ · And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard.↗ (Torah GEN.37.36, JPS 1917)↗ · And Pharaoh was wroth against his two officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.↗ (Torah GEN.40.2, JPS 1917)↗ · Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying: (Prophets JOS.1.10, JPS 1917)↗ · And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.↗ (Prophets 2KI.11.18, JPS 1917)↗ · And God granted Daniel mercy and compassion in the sight of the chief of the officers.↗ (Writings DAN.1.9, JPS 1917)↗

official — Everyday, meaning 1: Official means approved by people in charge, like a government, school or organisation.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Official also means done as part of a job or in a formal way.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An official is a person with an important job in an organisation, like a referee or a government worker.↗ Example: English is an official language of Canada, along with French.↗ · The results are now official.↗ · Get information from the official website.↗ · The officials checked the race times.↗ · The prime minister made an official visit to Ireland.↗ · It's official: we're getting a puppy!↗ · Ask an official at the station for help.↗ · Ireland has two official languages, Irish and English.↗ · The Sultan's officials returned to the ship and showed the royal order to the captain.↗

officially — Everyday, meaning 1: Officially means in a way that is approved by people in charge, according to the rules or the law.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Officially can mean in public, according to what has been announced, even if the truth may be different.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) Officially is used for fun to mean "really and truly", as in "I'm officially starving".↗ Example: The new library was officially opened by the mayor.↗ · Summer is officially here — the pool is open!↗ · Our team is officially the champion of the league.↗ · Officially the shop closes at six, but they often stay open later.↗ · The record was not officially counted because the wind was too strong.↗ · (informal) I've eaten four pancakes, so I'm officially full.↗ · She is now officially a teenager.↗

officiate — Everyday, meaning 1: (church) To officiate at a wedding, funeral or service is to lead it as a priest, minister or official.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (sport) To officiate a match is to be the referee, umpire or judge.↗ Example: The minister officiated at the funeral.↗ · Father Michael will officiate at the wedding.↗ · Two referees officiated the basketball game.↗ · A registrar officiated at the town hall wedding.↗ · Who is officiating today's match?↗ · The bishop officiated at the confirmation service.↗ · The officiating priests wore black robes, and were crowned with cypress.↗

officious — Everyday, meaning 1: Officious means too eager to give help or orders when nobody asked for them.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Officious describes a person who behaves as if they are in charge.↗ Example: The officious clerk kept telling us what to do.↗ · The officious guard checked every bag twice.↗ · Her officious helpers filled his cup again and again.↗

offshoot — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: An offshoot is a branch or shoot that grows out from the main stem of a plant.↗ In Jewish tradition, meaning 2: An offshoot is something that grows or develops from something else, a related part or result.↗ Example: And I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon name and remnant, and offshoot and offspring, saith the LORD.↗ (Prophets ISA.14.22, JPS 1917)↗ · The apple tree had a strong offshoot.↗ · This story is an offshoot of an old Indian tale.↗ · The new club was an offshoot of the school choir.↗

offshore — Everyday, meaning 1: Offshore means in the sea, away from the coast.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An offshore wind blows from the land out towards the sea.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (money) Offshore companies or bank accounts are kept in another country, often to pay less tax.↗ Example: There is a huge offshore wind farm near the coast.↗ · Dad works on an offshore oil rig.↗ · The boat anchored a mile offshore.↗ · With an offshore wind, don't take your lilo into the sea.↗ · The island lies just offshore.↗ · The news said rich people hid money in offshore accounts.↗ · Dolphins were swimming offshore.↗

offside — Everyday, meaning 1: (in sports like football/soccer, rugby and hockey) In a position on the field that the rules don't allow, usually too far forward, ahead of the ball or the other team's last defender.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (UK, of a car) On the side nearest the middle of the road (the driver's side in the UK).↗ Example: The goal didn't count because he was offside.↗ · The linesman raised his flag for offside.↗ · Can you explain the offside rule?↗ · She ran too early and was caught offside.↗ · In rugby you're offside if you're in front of the ball when it's played.↗ · Our team used an offside trap.↗