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[ awf -shawr , -shohr , of - ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈɔfˈʃɔr, -ˈʃoʊr, ˈɒf- / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adverb off or away from the shore; They pushed the boat offshore.
at a distance from the shore, on a body of water: looking for oil offshore.
in a foreign country.
adjective moving or tending away from the shore toward or into a body of water: an offshore wind.
located or operating on a body of water, at some distance from the shore: offshore fisheries.
registered, located, conducted, or operated in a foreign country: an offshore investment company; offshore manufacture of car parts.
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb (used with or without object) (of a company or organization) to move jobs or business activities from the home territory to a foreign country:When our IT services were offshored to Malaysia, I lost my job. At this time, the manufacturing division has no plans to offshore. Compare nearshore (def. 2), reshore.
Origin of offshore First recorded in 1710–20; off + shore1
OTHER WORDS FROM offshore off·shor·ing, noun Words nearby offshore offscreen, off-season, offset, offset lithography, offshoot, offshore , offshore dock, offshore drilling, offshoreman, offshoring, offside
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Example sentences from the Web for offshore But when modern-day conservationists surveyed the offshore rocks they discovered something even more ethereal lurking within.
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Churchill then decided to embark on a British cruiser, the Belfast, and watch the landings from offshore .
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It was built in Norway and is classed as an offshore support vessel.
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For centuries, offshore rocks, strong surf, and dense fog have cursed boats landing and launching in the Atlantic.
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On Thursday, the relief effort intensified with the arrival of an American aircraft carrier group just offshore .
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Offshore , four miles offshore , Bagg was footing it for England as fast as his skinny little legs would carry him.
Billy Topsail & Company | Norman Duncan
We then steered away for the offshore ground, which is about three thousand miles west of the coast of Peru.
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But with this offshore wind, they ought to hear the seals three or four miles away.
The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries | Francis Rolt-Wheeler
Fortunately this year a southwest wind had blown the ice a mile or so offshore .
A Labrador Doctor | Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
It is late in the afternoon when we pull out from Chipewyan, but the sun is still heaven-high, with the offshore air a tonic.
The New North | Agnes Deans Cameron
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British Dictionary definitions for offshore adjective , adverb from, away from, or at some distance from the shore
NZ overseas; abroad
adjective sited or conducted at sea as opposed to on land offshore industries
based or operating abroad in places where the tax system is more advantageous than that of the home country offshore banking ; offshore fund
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Words related to offshore seaward, asea
Scientific definitions for offshore The relatively flat, irregularly shaped zone that extends outward from the breaker zone to the edge of the continental shelf. The water depth in this area is usually at least 10 m (33 ft). The offshore is continually submerged.
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