noun (AmE)
1 [C,U] = OFFENCE
2 (usually the offense) [sing.,U] (BrE attack [sing.]) (sport) the members of a team whose main aim is to score points against the other team; a method of attack:
The Redskins' offense is stronger than their defense. * He played offense for the Chicago Bulls.
compareDEFENCE
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for offense is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does offense appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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