offshoreadjective, adverb
uk/ˌɒfˈʃɔːr/us/ˌɑːfˈʃɔːr/away from or at a distance from the coast:
offshore engineering
an offshore breeze
The wind was blowing offshore.
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Coasts & beaches
- beached
- beachfront
- coast
- flat
- hinterland
- lido
- mudflat
- onshore
- promenade
- reef
- riviera
- rock pool
- sabkha
- sand
- seafront
- shallow
- the seashore
- the waterside
- tide pool
- waterfront
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Terms for location & direction used at sea
offshoreadjective
uk/ˌɒfˈʃɔːr/us/ˌɑːfˈʃɔːr/(of companies and banks) based in a different country with different tax rules that cost less money:
offshore banking/funds
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onshore
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Countries, nationalities & continents: country & nation
- Afro
- citizenship
- compatriot
- countrywide
- homegrown
- homeland
- internation
- land
- mother country
- motherland
- nation-state
- national
- nationwide
- soil
- South Sudan
- state
- state-controlled
- statehood
- stateless
- subject
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offshoreverb [ I or T ]
uk/ˌɒfˈʃɔːr/us/ˌɑːfˈʃɔːr/to base a business or part of a business in a different country, usually because this is cheaper:
American companies have been offshoring for decades.
The shoe factory has been offshored to Mexico.
offshoring
noun [ U ] uk/ˌɒfˈʃɔː.rɪŋ/us/ˌɑːfˈʃɔːr.ɪŋ/
Initiatives to restrict offshoring have been defeated.