offer

/ˈɒfə/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈɒfə/

offer

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final r is pronounced in US English

of - fer -> offer

Myanmar meaning

(v) ပေးကမ်းသည်။ လက်ထပ်ရန် ကမ်းလှမ်းသည်။ (n) ကမ်းလှမ်းခြင်း။ ပေးကမ်းသည့် အရာ။

Full entry

offer /'ɒfǝ(r); US 'ↄ:f- / v

၁။ ~ sth (to sb) (for sth) ကမ်းလှမ်း သည်။ ပေးသည်။ She is offering a reward for the return of her lost bracelet. ❍ He offered £150 000 for the house. ❍ I've been offered a job in Japan. ❍ He offered her a cigarette. ❍ We offered him the house for $ 200 000.
၂။ ~ sth (to sb) ကမ်းလှမ်းသည်။ ပေးသည်။ I don't think they need help, but I think I should offer anyway. ❍ They offered no resistance. ❍ We offered to leave. ❍ We offered him a lift, but he didn't accept. ❍ The company offered the job to someone else.
၃။ (rather fml ) ပေးသည်။ The job offers prospects of promotion. ❍ The trees offered welcome shade from the sun.
၄။ ~ sth/sb (up) (to sb) (for sth) (fml ) ဆက်ကပ် သည်။ She offered (up) a prayer (to God) for her husband's safe return.
n
၁။ [C] ~ (to sb/to do sth) ကမ်းလှမ်းချက်။ an offer of help from the neighbours ❍ your kind offer to help ❍ an offer of marriage (ie a proposal (၂)).
၂။ [C] ~ (for sth) ပေးသည့်ဈေး၊ ကမ်းလှမ်းချက် စသည်။ a firm offer (ie one that is genuine and not likely to be withdrawn) ❍ I've had an offer of £ 2 200 for the car. ❍ They made (me) an offer which I couldn't refuse. ❍ The original price was £ 3 000, but I'm open to offers (ie prepared to consider offers of less than that). See also ONO
❏ have sth to offer [IDM ] ပေးနိုင်စွမ်းသည်။ စွမ်းသည်။ the luxuries that a first-class hotel has to offer ❍ a young man with a great deal to offer (ie who is clever, talented, etc).
❏ offer (sb) one's hand [IDM ] (fml ) လက်ကမ်းသည်။ She smiled and offered her hand.
❏ offering /'ɒfǝrÇŋ; US 'ↄ:f- / n လက်ဆောင်။ လှူဖွယ် ပစ္စည်း။ တင်ဆက်မှု။ a church offering ❍ He gave her a box of chocolates as a peace offering (ie in the hope of ending a quarrel, etc). ❍ I don't think much of the offerings on TV these days. See also BURNT OFFERING
❏ on offer [IDM ]
၁။ ရနိုင်သော။ vocational courses currently on offer.
၂။ (esp Brit ) လျှော့ဈေးဖြင့် ရနိုင်သော။ Baked beans are on offer this week at the local supermarket.
❏ under offer [IDM ] (Brit ) ဝယ်ရန်ကမ်းလှမ်းထားသော။ The property is currently under offer.

More examples

[offer someone something] : They haven’t offered me the job yet.
[offer something to someone] : He had offered cocaine to an undercover police officer.
[offer someone something for something] : I offered Jim £5, 000 for his car.
[offer something to someone] : Police are offering a reward to anyone with information about the crime.
Actually, Jen’s giving me a lift home – but thanks for offering.
[offer to do something] : I do think you should have offered to help.
The department offers a course on Medieval Philosophy each year.
Smaller hotels often offer greater comfort at lower prices.
[offer someone something] : We’ll be happy to offer you all the assistance we can.
[have a lot to offer] : The city has a lot to offer the business traveller.
A lot of people have offered us very useful advice.
Susan still hasn’t offered an explanation for her absence.
Offer sympathy/regrets/thanks
He called the team manager to offer his congratulations.

Synonyms

present, tender, proffer, bid, accord, action, adduce, advance, advise, afford, agreement, allege, allow, approach, assay, attempt, award, bargain, be at service, cite, come forward, compromise, deal, display, donate, endeavor, essay, exhibit, extend, feeler, furnish, give, grant, hit, hold out, lay at one's feet, make a motion, make a pitch, make available, motion, move, overture, pass, pitch, place at disposal, ply, pose, presentation, press, proposal, propose, proposition, propound, propoundment, provide, put forth, put forward, put on the market, put up, put up for sale, recommend, rendition, sacrifice, seek, show, strive, struggle, submission, submit, suggest, suggestion, try, undertake, volunteer

Antonyms

be idle, conceal, denial, deny, discourage, dissuade, fight, forget, hide, hold, idleness, keep, laze, refusal, refuse, resist, stop, take, take back, taking, veto, withdraw, withdrawal, withhold, withstand