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offering one's condolences

offering one's condolences is the present participle and gerund of offer one's condolences.

Meaning of offer one's condolences

Verb

offer one's condolences (third-person singular simple present offers one's condolences, present participle offering one's condolences, simple past and past participle offered one's condolences)

  1. (idiomatic) To offer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one.
    • The president offered his condolences to the mother of the dead soldier.

Questions about offering one's condolences

What is offering one's condolences the present participle and gerund of?
Offering one's condolences is the present participle and gerund of offer one's condolences.

Words near offering one's condolences in the dictionary

  1. offering
  2. offering a knee
  3. offering affordances
  4. offering formula
  5. offering formulas
  6. offering one's condolences
  7. offering plate
  8. offering up
  9. offerings
  10. offerless
  11. offeror

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