1) Distance 2) Ocean 1) Foreseeable future 2) Future 3) Futurity 4) Hereafter 5) Near future 6) Time to come 
• (n.) That part of the sea at a good distance from the shore, or where there is deep water and no need of a pilot; also, distance from the shore; as, the ship had ten miles offing; we saw a ship in the offing.
Naval In the Offing: Old naval expression meaning near at hand; originally it meant a distance from the shore - i.e., towards the horizon. 
Off'ing noun [ From Off .] That part of the sea at a good distance from the shore, or where there is deep water and no need of a pilot; also, distance from the shore; as, the ship had ten miles offing ; we saw a ship in the offing . 
[n] - the near or foreseeable future 2. [n] - the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area
noun the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area; `there was a ship in the offing`