Offing and Present

Offing

Offing noun - Time that is to come.
Usage example: major changes are in the offing for the company

Present is an antonym for offing.

Nearby Word: off

Present

Present noun - The time currently existing or in progress.
Usage example: I cannot talk to you at present, but perhaps in a few minutes

Offing is an antonym for present.

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Prom Night (1980) McBride is present at the prom obsessing over the wrong suspect while the real killer is offing prom attenders practically under his nose.
  • Comic Book / Metamorpho Since Metamorpho has the same powers, he would presumably also have the same problem offing himself Like a Duck Takes to Water: Java, Depending on the Writer; in some depictions, he's adapted quite well to the present and adopted an articulate vocabulary.
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