[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/offer.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / offer [← O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/O/) # offer «offer» in Mova's school dictionary: **to say you will give something to someone, or to hold it…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech verb (offer, offers, offered, offering); noun (an offer, offers) ### meaning for a pupil 1) To offer is to say you will give something to someone, or to hold it out for them to take. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offer/#m1) 2) To offer to do something is to say you are willing to do it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offer/#m2) 3) An offer is a deal, like a lower price: a special offer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offer/#m3) 4) An offer is also the thing or money someone says they will give. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offer/#m4) ### sense in the lessons In maths: a giving action, or a sale price: «special offer», «buy 2, get 1 free»; work out the real cost per item. In everyday life: offering a seat on the bus, offering help, shop deals. In stories: a kind offer, or a stranger's offer that is a trick. Safety: be careful of offers that seem too good to be true. ### examples - She offered 3 cookies to each friend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offer/#x1) - The shop has an offer: 2 for 5 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offer/#x2) - He offered to pay half. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offer/#x3) - On offer, pens are 1 dollar each. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offer/#x4) - He offered his seat to an older lady. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offer/#x5) - Thank you for the offer, but I am full. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offer/#x6) - Never accept an offer of a ride from a stranger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offer/#x7) - The special offer ends on Sunday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offer/#x8) - The library offers free reading clubs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offer/#x9) - One of them offered him an Alpine rose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offer/#x10) ### note Offering things away means take away. A shop offer gives a new price or deal; work out the cost from it. Trap: an offer that is refused does not change the amounts. Past: offered (one «r»). «Buy 2, get 1 free» means you pay for 2 and get 3. Safety: offers that are too good to be true are often scams. ### In the corpora - [Banks offer children's accounts to keep savings safe and teach how banks work.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/7-cards-banks-and-apps/19/) - [Anyone offering free game coins for your login is a scammer trying to steal the account or a parent's card details.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/9-when-money-is-tight/19/) - [Supermarkets are designed to make people buy more than they planned, with offers, smells and treats by the tills.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/12-cars-chores-and-the-shopping-list/12/) - [An ambulance outside a house tells you someone needed help, not who or why; offer help, not guesses.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what/21/) - [Bad-news gossip can feel caring but still spreads fear; offer help, not headlines.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow/20/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «offer» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offer/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.