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offensives

offensives is the plural of offensive.

Meaning of offensive

Noun

offensive (countable and uncountable, plural offensives)

  1. (countable) An attack.
    • The Marines today launched a major offensive.
  2. (uncountable) The posture of attacking or being able to attack.
    • He took the offensive in the press, accusing his opponent of corruption.

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Phrases with offensives

Questions about offensives

What is offensives the plural of?
Offensives is the plural of offensive.

Words near offensives in the dictionary

  1. offensive zone
  2. offensive zones
  3. offensively
  4. offensiveness
  5. offensivenesses
  6. offensives
  7. offensivity
  8. offer
  9. offer a knee
  10. offer affordances
  11. offer curve

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Adapted from Wiktionary: offensives (page history and authors); offensive (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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