offshore

English Online Dictionary. What means offshore‎? What does offshore mean?

English

Alternative forms

• off-shore

Etymology

From off- +‎ shore.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɒfˈʃɔː(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)

Adjective

offshore (not comparable)

1. Moving away from the shore.
2. Located in the sea away from the coast.
3. Located in another country, especially one having beneficial tax laws or labor costs.

Derived terms

• offshore seahorse

Translations

Adverb

offshore (not comparable)

1. Away from the shore.
2. At some distance from the shore.

Translations

Verb

offshore (third-person singular simple present offshores, present participle offshoring, simple past and past participle offshored)

1. To move industrial production from one region to another or from one country to another, usually seeking lower business costs, like labor.

Translations

Noun

offshore (plural offshores)

1. An area or or portion of sea away from the shore.
2. An island, outcrop, or other land away from shore.
3. Something or someone in, from, or associated with another country.

See also

• deep-sea
• inshore
• nearshore
• noshore
• onshore
• reshore

French

Alternative forms

• off-shore, off shore (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from English offshore.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔf.ʃɔʁ/

Adjective

offshore (plural offshores)

1. offshore, in the sea away from the coast
2. offshore, in another country

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English.

Adjective

offshore (indeclinable)

1. offshore

References

• “offshore” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English.

Adjective

offshore (indeclinable)

1. offshore

References

• “offshore” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Adjective

offshore (invariable)

1. offshore

Noun

offshore f (plural offshores)

1. offshore, offshore company