offing

English Thesaurus

1. the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area (noun.object)

hypernym	:	body of water, water,
definition	:	the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean) (noun.object)

part meronym	:	briny, main,
definition	:	any very large body of (salt) water (noun.object)

2. the near or foreseeable future (noun.time)

hypernym	:	future, futurity, hereafter, time to come,
definition	:	the time yet to come (noun.time)