offering

«offering» in Mova's school dictionary: something you give, especially as a gift — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an offering, offerings); verb form (offering — from offer)

meaning for a pupil

1) An offering is something you give, especially as a gift. tree →

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. tree →

3) Offering is the -ing form of the verb "offer": giving someone the chance to take something. tree →

4) An offering can be something made available to buy or watch, like a new film or a menu choice. tree →

sense in the lessons

In church, the offering is collected in a plate or bag while a hymn is sung, and the money supports the church and the poor. In the Bible, Cain and Abel bring offerings to God. In other religions people also make offerings of flowers, food or light. In everyday life "offering" is often just the verb: "offering help". Phrases: "take up the offering", "peace offering", "harvest offering", "burnt offering".

examples

• During the hymn, two people passed round the offering plate. tree →
• I put my pocket money in the offering at church. tree →
• In the Bible, Abel's offering was the best of his lambs. tree →
• Hindus may place flowers as an offering in the temple. tree →
• I gave my sister a chocolate as a peace offering after our fight. tree →
• Thank you for offering to help with the washing up. tree →
• The café's newest offering is a strawberry milkshake. tree →
• Her offerings were cakes and milk. tree →

note

Countable as a noun: an offering, offerings. Be careful: "offering" is both a noun ("the offering") and part of the verb ("I am offering you a sweet"). A "peace offering" is a gift to make friends again after a quarrel. Related: "to offer up a prayer" (church).

In the corpora

• Anyone offering free game coins for your login is a scammer trying to steal the account or a parent's card details.
• Offering a small job to a tired parent means a lot.
• Anyone offering free game coins for your password is a scammer trying to steal your account, and unknown downloads can carry viruses.
• Offering a go to someone watching from the side can matter more to them than winning.
• Strangers offering sweets, money or gifts in return for photos or favours are a red flag.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «offering» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.