Offshore Meaning
/ɒfˈʃɔː(ɹ)/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjMoving away from the shore.
adjLocated in the sea away from the coast.
Sentence Examples
I'd like to fly for an offshore oil company.
Dong Energy will build the world's largest offshore wind farm off the coast of Britain.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The company moved its manufacturing to an ____ facility to cut costs.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The oil company operates several ____ drilling platforms in the North Sea.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English off- English shore English offshore From off- + shore.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Since 1949, Taiwan has remained under Nationalist (Kuomintang) control along with the off-shore islands of Chin-men (Kinmen) and Ma-tsu (Lien-chiang County) in Fujian Province. Chin-men and Lien-chiang County are to end their period of direct military rule and to elect their first country magistrates in 1993."
— 1992, Richard Louis Edmonds, edited by Graham P. Chapman and Kathleen M. Baker, The Changing Geography of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (The Changing Geography of Asia), Routledge, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 160:
"The judges said that the right to a clean environment did not bar the government from drilling for offshore oil, and that Norway did not legally carry the responsibility for emissions stemming from oil it has exported."
— 2020 December 22, Henrik Pryser Libell, Derrick Bryson Taylor, “Norway’s Supreme Court Makes Way for More Arctic Drilling”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 22 Dec 2020:
"American companies use offshore services for one reason, said Herbert F. Schantz, a consultant in Sterling, Va.: cheap labor."
— 2000 June 15, Lisa Guernsey, “Offshore Scanners”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2018:
"With pressure building in Europe and the United States for a systemwide crackdown on offshore tax havens the Caymans prefer to call themselves a tax-neutral portal Britain appears determined to make an example of a place that has become a symbol of secrecy and intrigue."
— 2009 October 3, Landon Thomas Jr, “Offshore Haven Considers a Heresy: Taxation”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2018:
"Moving the prisoners is an indispensable step toward closing an extra-legal offshore lockup that has stained this nation’s reputation and become a recruitment tool for terrorists."
— 2009 December 18, “Guantánamo Must Be Closed”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 27 Oct 2020:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The company moved its manufacturing to an ____ facility to cut costs.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The oil company operates several ____ drilling platforms in the North Sea.