“offered” is a form of
offer
UK /ˈɒfə(ɹ)/ · US /ˈɔfɚ/ noun, verb, proper noun
Forms offers offering offered offre offa
- noun A proposal that has been made. “What's in his offer?”
- noun Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered. “His offer was $3.50 per share.”
- noun (law) An invitation to enter into a binding contract communicated to another party which contains terms sufficiently definite to create an enforceable contract if the other party accepts the invitation. “His first letter was not a real offer, but an attempt to determine interest.”
- verb (intransitive) To propose or express one's willingness (to do something). “She offered to help with her homework.”
- verb (transitive) To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest. “Everybody offered an opinion.”
- verb (transitive) To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down. “He offered use of his car for the week.”
- verb (transitive) To present (something) for sale.
- verb (transitive) To present (something) to God or gods, as a gesture of worship or as a sacrifice.
- verb (transitive, of a thing) To present (something) to the sight etc.; to provide for use, consideration etc. “The city offers beautiful architecture.”
- verb (transitive, engineering) To place (something) in a position where it can be added to an existing mechanical assembly.
- verb (transitive) To bid, as a price, reward, or wages. “I offered twenty dollars for it. The company is offering a salary of £30,000 a year.”
- proper noun A surname.
Synonyms
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Etymology
From Middle English offer, from Old English offrian (“offer or make a sacrifice”) rather than from Old French offre (“offer”), from offrir (“to offer”), from Latin offerō (“to present, bring before”). Compare North Frisian offer (“sacrifice, donation, fee”), Dutch offer (“offering, sacrifice”), German Opfer (“victim, sacrifice”), Danish offer (“victim, sacrifice”), Icelandic offr (“offering”). See verb below.
From Middle English offren, offrien. In the religious senses inherited from Old English offrian (“to offer, sacrifice, bring an oblation”); otherwise from Old French ofrir. Both ultimately from Latin offerō (“to present, bestow, bring before”, literally “to bring to”), from Latin ob + ferō (“bring, carry”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carry, bear”), later reinforced by Old French offrir (“to offer”). Cognate with Old Frisian offria (“to offer”), Old Dutch offrōn (“to offer”), German opfern (“to offer”), Old Norse offra (“to offer”). More at ob-, bear.
From off + -er.
Occupational surname for a goldsmith, from Norman orfrer (“goldsmith”); compare French orfèvre (“goldsmith”). Also borrowed from German Offer.
Webster’s 1913
- verb To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; --often with up. Thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement. Ex. xxix. 36.
- verb To bring to or before; to hold out to; to present for acceptance or rejection; as, to offer a present, or a bribe; to offer one's self in marriage.
- verb To present itself; to be at hand.
- verb To make an attempt; to make an essay or a trial; --used with at. "Without offering at any other remedy." Swift.
Etymology [OE. offren, AS. offrian to sacrifice, fr. L. offerre; ob (see OB-) + ferre to bear, bring. The English word was influenced by F. offrir to offer, of the same origin. See 1st Bear.]
Etymology [Cf. F. offre, fr. offrir to offer, fr. L. offerre. See Offer, v. t.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “offer”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details