"offer affordances" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: offers affordances [present, singular, third-person], offering affordances [participle, present], offered affordances [participle, past], offered affordances [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=offer affordances}} offer affordances (third-person singular simple present offers affordances, present participle offering affordances, simple past and past participle offered affordances)
  1. (idiomatic) To give elbow room or leeway (for something to happen). Tags: idiomatic

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