offshore
adverb
off·shore
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Definition of offshore
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offshore
adjective
off·shore
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Definition of offshore (Entry 2 of 3)
1
: coming or moving away from the shore toward the water
an offshore breeze
2a
: situated off the shore but within waters under a country's control
offshore fisheries
b
: distant from the shore — compare inshore
3
: situated or operating in a foreign country
offshore mutual funds offshore banking
offshore
preposition
off·shore
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Definition of offshore (Entry 3 of 3)
: off the shore of
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Synonyms for offshore
Synonyms: Adjective
alongshore, coastal, inshore, littoral, nearshore, shoreside
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Examples of offshore in a Sentence
Adjective
We sailed to an offshore island. He works on an offshore oil rig. They opened an offshore bank account. He traced the money to an offshore investment company.
Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb
The ship’s declared destination is the southern Greek port of Kalamata, where a vessel of that size and draught would only be able to anchor at least half a mile offshore. — Washington Post, "Greece says it won’t assist Iranian tanker sought by US," 21 Aug. 2019 Two people were rescued after a small plane crashed into the ocean about five miles offshore from Half Moon Bay Tuesday evening, according to the Coast Guard. — Lauren Hernández, SFChronicle.com, "Small plane plunges into ocean off Half Moon Bay, two people rescued," 20 Aug. 2019 Another time in 80-feet deep on the ocean side of the reef off Boynton Beach about a mile offshore. — John Christopher Fine, sun-sentinel.com, "Rejoice as turtles make their return | Opinion," 15 Aug. 2019 The population of interest lives on Lord Howe Island, a remote speck of land several hundred miles offshore right between of Australia and New Zealand. — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, "Eating Even One Piece of Plastic Has Health Consequences for Baby Seabirds," 5 Aug. 2019 It is currently centered about 100 miles offshore the Florida panhandle. — al.com, "Tropical storm in gulf could bring Louisiana 18 inches of rain," 10 July 2019 The best catches, though, have been a few miles offshore. — D'arcy Egan, cleveland.com, "Lake Erie walleye fishing still rockin’ from Toledo to Conneaut: June 28 Fishing Report," 28 June 2019 In the beautiful Mediterranean coastal town of Kalamata, GEBCO-NF’s USV showed its competitive spirit by fetching the AUV to the diving site, 15 nautical miles offshore from the town’s port, and forcing it into the ocean with a conveyor belt. — Stav Dimitropoulos, Popular Mechanics, "Meet the Machines That Could Unlock the Ocean's Deepest Secrets," 11 June 2019 The vessel was about 70 miles offshore during a 15-hour trip scouting for tuna when the orca and a few dolphins appeared, the Globe reported. — Fox News, "Killer whale swims alongside boat off Cape Cod in 'unbelievable' video," 11 June 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
More than 30 people gathered at Pinkie Master's Lounge on Wednesday evening, as wind gusts from the offshore hurricane bent tree tops in Savannah — nearly 20 miles (32 kilometers) inland. — Anchorage Daily News, "Dorian, back to a Category 3 hurricane, creeps up US coast," 5 Sep. 2019 More than 30 people gathered at Pinkie Master’s Lounge on Wednesday evening, as wind gusts from the offshore hurricane bent tree tops in Savannah — nearly 20 miles inland. — Meg Kinnard, BostonGlobe.com, "Dorian, back to a Category 3 hurricane, creeps up US coast," 4 Sep. 2019 Scientists have identified giant gyres of garbage accumulating in offshore ocean currents. — Tony Briscoe, chicagotribune.com, "22 million pounds of plastics enter the Great Lakes each year. Most of the pollution pours into Lake Michigan.," 4 Sep. 2019 Meanwhile, China’s yuan fell to an 11-year low in offshore trading Tuesday. — Taylor Telford, Washington Post, "Global markets rattled amid Brexit, U.S.-China trade war standoffs; Dow falls 300 points," 4 Sep. 2019 Houston oilfield service company National Oilwell Varco has landed a contract to design and build one of the world's largest vessels for installing offshore wind turbines. — Sergio Chapa, Houston Chronicle, "NOV lands contract to build massive offshore wind turbine installation ship," 3 Sep. 2019 Some are registered in offshore tax havens far from Purdue's Connecticut headquarters. — Adam Geller, courant.com, "Sackler family’s web makes it hard to track cash from Purdue Pharma," 2 Sep. 2019 Ken Graham, director of the hurricane center, urged people not to bet on safety just because the forecast track had the storm a bit offshore. — Edmund Demarche | Fox News, Fox News, "Hurricane Dorian is the strongest storm to ever threaten Florida's East Coast, batters Bahamas," 2 Sep. 2019 But during its offshore path up the edge of the state, Matthew strafed the Florida coast with a large, damaging wind field. — Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com, "A day of questioning Hurricane Dorian: It’s going to turn, right?," 2 Sep. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Preposition
Computer models generally project that the storm center should remain far enough offshore the coast of Georgia to limit winds to tropical-storm force (39 to 73 mph) and rainfall totals to 3 to 6 inches. — Jason Samenow, Anchorage Daily News, "Hurricane Dorian poised to slam the Carolinas after scraping by the coasts of Florida and Georgia," 4 Sep. 2019 Iceland’s hope of finding oil offshore its coast is fading after China and Norway decided to back out of the island nation’s only remaining exploration license. — Ragnhildur Sigurdardottir, Bloomberg.com, "Iceland’s Oil Dream Is in Peril," 23 Jan. 2018 Hurricane Jose, which had threatened the northern Caribbean a few days after Irma before turning north into the Atlantic, is moving slowly offshore of the central U.S. Atlantic Coast. — José De Córdoba And, WSJ, "Hurricane Maria Bears Down on Puerto Rico After Battering Dominica," 20 Sep. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'offshore.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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offshore
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of offshore
: moving away from the shore toward the water
: located in the ocean away from the shore
: located in a foreign country
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offshore
adjective
off·shore
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Kids Definition of offshore
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