onshore

CEFRB2

/ˈɑˌnʃɔr/

adjective · adverb

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In plain English

01
adjective
Located on or moving toward the land.
02
adjective
Extra detail
Positioned on or near the shore.

Examples

It might be a good idea for you to stay onshore.
Near the coast, onshore breezes keep even hot days tolerably cool.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 5
Parts of speech: 2
Citations: 5

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

Within the country; not overseas.
Moving from the sea towards the land.

adverb

Extra meaning

From the sea towards the land.

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In context

an onshore breeze
The second time La Suprema came into harbor, at the Port of Augusta, in the east of Sicily, I watched the police onshore grow impatient with a teenager who was scheduled to disembark.
Like most storms, Hurricane Katrina weakened as it came onshore, and by Monday evening the National Hurricane Center had downgraded it to a tropical storm.

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The fishermen were warned about the strong blank winds blowing from the ocean toward land.

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Citations

The word in print, with each source given in full.

The second time La Suprema came into harbor, at the Port of Augusta, in the east of Sicily, I watched the police onshore grow impatient with a teenager who was scheduled to disembark.
2021 May 6, Ian Urbina, “Purgatory at Sea”, in The Atlantic
Like most storms, Hurricane Katrina weakened as it came onshore, and by Monday evening the National Hurricane Center had downgraded it to a tropical storm.
2005 August 29, Joseph B. Treasterand Kate Zernike, “Hurricane Katrina Moves Onshore, Weaker but Still Threatening Havoc”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
I don’t want to suggest that any attempt to onshore production will doom America to runaway costs, supply-chain catastrophes, and frayed global alliances. In many cases, I’m sure there are brilliant reasons to bring back more advanced manufacturing, clean-energy construction, and resource production.
2023 February 8, Derek Thompson, “Don’t ‘Buy American’”, in The Atlantic
Princeton University's Center for Environmental Studies recommended today that New Jersey minimize adverse impacts of offshore drilling by limiting to the Atlantic City area any onshore bases built to support and supply oil rigs in the ocean.
1977 August 23, Donald Janson, “Study Urges Jersey to Limit Onshore Oil Facilities”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
By this measure, it was only the second largest onshore leak in the US last year, surpassed by one near San Antonio, Texas in March which discharged 147 tonnes of methane an hour.
2023 March 6, Nina Lakhani, “‘We don’t feel safe’: US community in shock after record methane leak”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

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Origin

adjective

From on + shore.

Deep Dive

adjective

adverb

More examples

Quick test

The fishermen were warned about the strong blank— winds blowing from the ocean toward land.

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Origin

adjective

The fishermen were warned about the strong blank winds blowing from the ocean toward land.