(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ something to someone, you ask them if they would like to have it or use it.
He has ~ed seats at the conference table to the Russian leader and the president of Kazakhstan...
The number of companies ~ing them work increased...
Western governments have ~ed aid.
VERB: V n to n, V n n, V n
2.
If you ~ to do something, you say that you are willing to do it.
Peter ~ed to teach them water-skiing...
‘Can I get you a drink,’ she ~ed.
VERB: V to-inf, V with quote
3.
An ~ is something that someone says they will give you or do for you.
The ~ of talks with Moscow marks a significant change from the previous western position...
‘I ought to reconsider her ~ to move in,’ he mused...
He had refused several excellent job ~s.
N-COUNT
4.
If you ~ someone information, advice, or praise, you give it to them, usually because you feel that they need it or deserve it.
They manage a company ~ing advice on mergers and acquisitions...
They are ~ed very little counselling or support.
VERB: V n, V n n, also V n to n
5.
If you ~ someone something such as love or friendship, you show them that you feel that way towards them.
The President has ~ed his sympathy to the Georgian people...
It must be better to be able to ~ them love and security...
John’s mother and sister rallied round ~ing comfort.
VERB: V n to n, V n n, V n
6.
If people ~ prayers, praise, or a sacrifice to God or a god, they speak to or give something to their god.
Church leaders ~ed prayers and condemned the bloodshed...
He will ~ the first harvest of rice to the sun goddess.
VERB: V n, V n to n, also V n n
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Offer up means the same as ~ .
He should consider ~ing up a prayer to St Lambert.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron)
7.
If an organization ~s something such as a service or product, it provides it.
We have been successful because we are ~ing a quality service...
Sainsbury’s is ~ing customers 1p for each shopping bag re-used...
Eagle Star ~s a 10% discount to the over-55s.
VERB: V n, V n n, V n to n
8.
An ~ in a shop is a specially low price for a specific product or something extra that you get if you buy a certain product.
This month’s ~s include a shirt, trousers and bed covers...
Today’s special ~ gives you a choice of three destinations...
Over 40 new books are on ~ at 25 per cent off their normal retail price.
N-COUNT: oft supp N, also on N
9.
If you ~ a particular amount of money for something, you say that you will pay that much to buy it.
Whitney has ~ed $21.50 a share in cash for 49.5 million Prime shares...
They are ~ing farmers $2.15 a bushel for corn...
He will write Rachel a note and ~ her a fair price for the land...
It was his custom in buying real estate to ~ a rather low price.
VERB: V amount, V n amount, V n n, V n, also V n to n
10.
An ~ is the amount of money that someone says they will pay to buy something or give to someone because they have harmed them in some way.
He has dismissed an ~ of compensation.
N-COUNT
11.
If you have something to ~, you have a quality or ability that makes you important, attractive, or useful.
In your free time, explore all that this incredible city has to ~.
PHRASE: V inflects
12.
If there is something on ~, it is available to be used or bought.
Savings schemes are the best retail investment products on ~.
...country cottages on ~ at bargain prices.
PHRASE: v-link PHR
13.
If you are open to ~s, you are willing to do something if someone will pay you an amount of money that you think is reasonable.
It seems that while the Kiwis are keen to have him, he is still open to ~s.
PHRASE: v-link PHR