make an offer in English

Forms: makes an offer [present, singular, third-person], making an offer [participle, present], made an offer [participle, past], made an offer [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> an offer}} make an offer (third-person singular simple present makes an offer, present participle making an offer, simple past and past participle made an offer)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "to initiate a proposal",
          "word": "offer"
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"make an offer" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms