MEANING
To present something for someone to accept or consider.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- proffer a hand
- proffer an explanation
On the page
He proffered a hand that she did not immediately take.
She proffered an explanation before anyone accused her.
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Word forms
- Base
- proffer
- Past tense
- proffered
- Past participle
- proffered
- Present participle
- proffering
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- proffer
- Present continuous
- am/is/are proffering
- Present perfect
- have/has proffered
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been proffering
- Past
- proffered
- Past continuous
- was/were proffering
- Past perfect
- had proffered
- Past perfect continuous
- had been proffering
- Future
- will proffer
- Future continuous
- will be proffering
- Future perfect
- will have proffered
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been proffering
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: proffer; proffers; proffered; proffered; proffering Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: proffers.
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