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off-site en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English off- Latin situsder. Anglo-Norman sitebor. Middle English site English site English off-site From off- + site.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Away from a particular site.
    • For 75 years, it has fulfilled a wide range of roles: producing weapons-grade plutonium for early atomic weapons in the aftermath of the Second World War; the world's first commercial nuclear power station supplying electricity to the National Grid; reprocessing and storage of nuclear fuel; and the processing of lower grades of radioactive waste for off-site storage. 2023 December 27, Ben Jones, “Inside Sellafield... by rail”, in RAIL, number 999, page 20:

Antonyms

on-site

Translations (5)

it fuorisede (away from a particular site) · it non in loco (away from a particular site) · it all'esterno (away from a particular site) · pl poza miejscem (away from a particular site) · it fuori sede (away from a particular site)

off-site en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English off- Latin situsder. Anglo-Norman sitebor. Middle English site English site English off-site From off- + site.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Away from a particular site.
    • Unlike South Heath, where the tunnel segments are made on site, the ones used here are made off-site and brought in by road. 2022 March 23, Paul Bigland, “HS2 is just 'passing through'”, in RAIL, number 953, page 41: