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1. The near or foreseeable future
   "there was a wedding in the offing"
    
2. The part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area
   "there was a ship in the offing"

1. Kill intentionally and with premeditation
   - murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, polish off, remove

Derived forms: offings

Type of: body of water, future, futurity, hereafter, kill, time to come, water

Part of: briny [Brit], main

Encyclopedia: Offing