offer – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of offer

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to offer
Participle: offered
Gerund: offering

Cognates

See the 4 cognates of offer

Indicative

Present

Ioffer
youoffer
he;she;itoffers
weoffer
youoffer
theyoffer

Perfect

Ihave offered
youhave offered
he;she;ithas offered
wehave offered
youhave offered
theyhave offered

Past

Ioffered
youoffered
he;she;itoffered
weoffered
youoffered
theyoffered

Pluperfect

Ihad offered
youhad offered
he;she;ithad offered
wehad offered
youhad offered
theyhad offered

Future

Iwill offer
youwill offer
he;she;itwill offer
wewill offer
youwill offer
theywill offer

Future Perfect

Iwill have offered
youwill have offered
he;she;itwill have offered
wewill have offered
youwill have offered
theywill have offered

Subjunctive

Present

Ioffer
youoffer
he;she;itoffer
weoffer
youoffer
theyoffer

Perfect

Ihave offered
youhave offered
he;she;ithave offered
wehave offered
youhave offered
theyhave offered

Imperfect

Ioffered
youoffered
he;she;itoffered
weoffered
youoffered
theyoffered

Pluperfect

Ihad offered
youhad offered
he;she;ithad offered
wehad offered
youhad offered
theyhad offered

Conditional

Present

Iwould offer
youwould offer
he;she;itwould offer
wewould offer
youwould offer
theywould offer

Perfect

Iwould have offered
youwould have offered
he;she;itwould have offered
wewould have offered
youwould have offered
theywould have offered

Imperative

youoffer
weLet's offer
youoffer

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam offering
youare offering
he;she;itis offering
weare offering
youare offering
theyare offering

Perfect

Ihave been offering
youhave been offering
he;she;ithas been offering
wehave been offering
youhave been offering
theyhave been offering

Past

Iwas offering
youwere offering
he;she;itwas offering
wewere offering
youwere offering
theywere offering

Pluperfect

Ihad been offering
youhad been offering
he;she;ithad been offering
wehad been offering
youhad been offering
theyhad been offering

Future

Iwill be offering
youwill be offering
he;she;itwill be offering
wewill be offering
youwill be offering
theywill be offering

Future Perfect

Iwill have been offering
youwill have been offering
he;she;itwill have been offering
wewill have been offering
youwill have been offering
theywill have been offering

Conditional

Present

Iwould be offering
youwould be offering
he;she;itwould be offering
wewould be offering
youwould be offering
theywould be offering

Perfect

Iwould have been offering
youwould have been offering
he;she;itwould have been offering
wewould have been offering
youwould have been offering
theywould have been offering

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'offer'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'offer'

coffer, goffer, affear, affeer, buffer, coffee, confer, defer, differ, infer,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

extend
advance, present, render, proffer, submit, pose, tender, grant
volunteer
immolate, donate, present, contribute, sacrifice
suggest
propound, adduce, submit, advise, propose
try
press, attempt, ply, endeavor, strive

Antonyms

extend
contract, abridge, compress, condense

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. O.E. ofrian, from L. offerre "to present, bestow, bring before" (in L.L. "to present in worship"), from ob "to" + ferre "to bring, to carry" (see infer). Non-religious sense reinforced by O.Fr. offrir "to offer," from L. offerre. The noun is first recorded 1433, from O.Fr. offre (12c.), verbal noun from offrir. The native noun formation is offering (O.E. offrung), verbal noun from offrian.
2. 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. See: Old English 'offrian', Old French 'ofrir', Latin 'offerō', Old Frisian 'offria', German, old spelling 'opfern'.

Verbs referencing "offer"

Luxembourgish afferen.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] amount of good among the destitute and afflicted. But the government of the country, having neither act nor part in them, is not in the receipt of any portion of the gratitude they inspire; and, offering very little shelter or relief beyond that which is to be found in the workhouse and the jail, has come, not unnaturally, to be looked upon by the poor rather as a stern master, quick to correct and [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • ‘After this, the beads were all unheeded; the playthings which were offered to her were utterly disregarded; her playmates, for whom but a moment before she gladly left the stranger, now vainly strove to pull her from her mother; and though she yielded her usual [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] down here, that's going over with some truck this evening, if he durs ’ to; he'll be in here to supper tonight, so you'd better set down and wait. That's a sweet little fellow, ” added the woman, offering him a cake. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • The man whistled to the boy, and offered him part of a stick of candy, which he eagerly grabbed at, and very soon had it in a baby's general depository, to wit, his mouth. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] establishments during the hours of instruction. In the boys ’ department, which was full of little urchins (varying in their ages, I should say, from six years old to ten or twelve ), the master offered to institute an extemporary examination of the pupils in algebra; a proposal, which, as I was by no means confident of my ability to detect mistakes in that science, I declined with some alarm. In [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “ Thank you, my little lady, ” said Tom. The boat here stopped at a small landing to take in wood, and Eva, hearing her father's voice, bounded nimbly away. Tom rose up, and went forward to offer his service in wooding, and soon was busy among the hands. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] to servants—I always am; but you must make ’ em _know their place_. Eva never does; there's no getting into the child's head the first beginning of an idea what a servant's place is ! You heard her offering to take care of me nights, to let Mammy sleep ! That's just a specimen of the way the child would be doing all the time, if she was left to herself. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • ‘Foul Deed. The steamer Thames, just from Missouri river, brought us a handbill, offering a reward of 500 dollars, for the person who assassinated Lilburn W. Baggs, late Governor of this State, at Independence, on the night of the 6th inst. Governor Baggs, it is stated in a written [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • I have made no reference to my reception, nor have I suffered it to influence me in what I have written; for, in either case, I should have offered but a sorry acknowledgment, compared with that I bear within my breast, towards those partial readers of my former books, across the Water, who met me with an open hand, and not with one that closed [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] in the room, and on the marble mantle above stood a beautifully wrought statuette of Jesus receiving little children, and on either side marble vases, for which it was Tom's pride and delight to offer bouquets every morning. Two or three exquisite paintings of children, in various attitudes, embellished the wall. In short, the eye could turn nowhere without meeting images of childhood, of beauty, [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)