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1.                 From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   offing
       n 1: the near or foreseeable future; "there was a wedding in the
            offing"
       2: the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is
          beyond the anchoring area; "there was a ship in the offing"