Enter a word or phrase in any language 👆
Language:
Translation and analysis of words by ChatGPT artificial intelligence
On this page you can get a detailed analysis of a word or phrase, produced by the best artificial intelligence technology to date:
- how the word is used
- frequency of use
- it is used more often in oral or written speech
- word translation options
- usage examples (several phrases with translation)
- etymology
What (who) is Offensive - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Offend; Inoffensive; Offend (disambiguation); Offensive (disambiguation); Offensiveness; Offensives; Offensiv (disambiguation)
offensive
I
adj.
1) offensive to (his actions were offensive to everyone)
2) offensive to + inf. (it's offensive to read such things in the newspaper)
II
n.
1) to assume, go over to, take the offensive
2) to launch, mount an offensive
3) (usu. mil.) to carry out, undertake an offensive
4) to break off an offensive
5) an economic; military; peace offensive
6) on the offensive
offensive
(offensives)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Something that is offensive upsets or embarrasses people because it is rude or insulting.
Some friends of his found the play horribly offensive.
...offensive remarks which called into question the integrity of my firm.
ADJ
• offensively
The group who had been shouting offensively opened to let her through...
ADV: ADV after v, ADV adj
2.
A military offensive is a carefully planned attack made by a large group of soldiers.
Its latest military offensive against rebel forces is aimed at re-opening important trade routes...
N-COUNT: oft supp N
3.
If you conduct an offensive, you take strong action to show how angry you are about something or how much you disapprove of something.
Republicans acknowledged that they had little choice but to mount an all-out offensive on the Democratic nominee.
N-COUNT: usu supp N
see also charm offensive
4.
If you go on the offensive, go over to the offensive, or take the offensive, you begin to take strong action against people who have been attacking you.
The West African forces went on the offensive in response to attacks on them...
The Foreign Secretary has decided to take the offensive in the discussion on the future of the community.
PHRASE: V inflects
offensive
¦ adjective
1. causing offence.
2. (of a military operation or weapon) involved or used in active attack.
3. chiefly N. Amer. relating to the team in possession of the ball or puck in a game.
¦ noun
1. a military campaign of attack.
2. a forceful campaign.
Phrases
be on the offensive be ready to act aggressively.
Derivatives
offensively adverb
offensiveness noun
Wikipedia
Offensive
Offensive may refer to:
- Offensive, the former name of the Dutch political party Socialist Alternative
- Offensive (military), offensive
- Fighting words or insulting language, words that by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace
- Pejorative, or slur words
- Profanity, strongly impolite, rude or offensive language
Examples of use of Offensive
1. Blair‘s personal offensive Mr Blair‘s personal offensive began in earnest on Monday.
2. But this week‘s ‘media offensive‘ will strike many as, well, offensive.
3. Bush urged a swift end to the offensive and he hailed the eight–day offensive as a success.
4. Fresh offensive The latest offensive follows a rebel attack on an army convoy in Palpa district on Wednesday.
5. "This spring there is going to be a new offensive in Afghanistan, and it‘s going to be a NATO offensive.