offing
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1 offing
The near or foreseeable future.
Roget 196: distance; space etc. 180; remoteness, farness†, far-cry to; longinquity†, elongation; offing, background; remote region; removedness†; parallax; ... meer laten zien
Roget 341: sea, ocean, main, deep, brine, salt water, waves, billows, high seas, offing, great waters, watery waste, vasty deep;" wave, ... meer laten zien
2 offing
The part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area.
Moby betekeniswoordenboek: aftertime, afteryears, background, by-and-by, course ahead, crystal ball, determinism, distant future, eventuality, expectation, foresight, forward look, future, future tense, futurism, futurity, hereafter, horizon, immediate future, immediate prospect ... meer laten zien.
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