offshore

B2 Topic:Describing Qualities

Also spelled off-shore

US /ɒfˈʃɔː(ɹ)/ See IPA manual

Freq #11517

Meanings

1

adj
Located in the sea, away from the coast.

They built an offshore wind farm a few miles out to sea.
2

adj
Based in another country, especially one with lower taxes.

The company keeps its profits in an offshore bank account.
3

verb
To move work or production to another country to cut costs.

Many firms offshore their customer service to save money.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Thesaurus

Word family

Derived forms offshorableoffshoreroffshorizationright-shoreright-shoring

Related forms deep-seainshorenearshorenoshoreonshorereshore

Etymology

From off- + shore.

Topics

Describing Qualities Maritime & Sailing

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# offshore

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** adj, verb
**IPA (US):** /ɒfˈʃɔː(ɹ)/
**Frequency rank:** 11517

## Meanings
1. Located in the sea, away from the coast.
2. Based in another country, especially one with lower taxes.
3. To move work or production to another country to cut costs.

## Examples
- They built an offshore wind farm a few miles out to sea.
- The company keeps its profits in an offshore bank account.
- Many firms offshore their customer service to save money.

## Derived Forms
- offshorable
- offshorer
- offshorization
- right-shore
- right-shoring

## Related Forms
- deep-sea
- inshore
- nearshore
- noshore
- onshore
- reshore

## Etymology
From off- + shore.

## AI Etymology
Offshore comes from off- + shore. Modern senses include located in the sea, away from the coast and based in another country, especially one with lower taxes. The wider word family includes derivatives such as offshorable, offshorer, offshorization, right-shore, and right-shoring and related forms such as deep-sea, inshore, nearshore, and noshore.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Maritime & Sailing

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