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onshore en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɑnʃoɹ/ (Northern-US, cot-caught-merger)
  • /ˈɔnʃoɹ/ Southern US, Midland US, Philadelphia, Baltimore
  • /ˈɒnʃɔː/ (Eastern-New-England, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈɔnʃoː/ (Australia)
  • [ˈɒːnʃoɹ ~ ˈɔːnʃoɹ] (Canada)
  • ŏn Southern US, Midland US, Philadelphia, Baltimore
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From on + shore.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Moving from the sea towards the land.
    • an onshore breeze
  2. (not-comparable) Positioned on or near the shore.
    • 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:
    • 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:
  3. (not-comparable) Within the country; not overseas.
    • 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:

Forms

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on-shore alternative lexicographic

onshore en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɑnʃoɹ/ (Northern-US, cot-caught-merger)
  • /ˈɔnʃoɹ/ Southern US, Midland US, Philadelphia, Baltimore
  • /ˈɒnʃɔː/ (Eastern-New-England, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈɔnʃoː/ (Australia)
  • [ˈɒːnʃoɹ ~ ˈɔːnʃoɹ] (Canada)
  • ŏn Southern US, Midland US, Philadelphia, Baltimore
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From on + shore.

Meanings

  1. From the sea towards the land.
    • 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:

Forms

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on-shore alternative lexicographic
most onshore Degree=Sup lexicographic
more onshore Degree=Cmp lexicographic

onshore en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɑnʃoɹ/ (Northern-US, cot-caught-merger)
  • /ˈɔnʃoɹ/ Southern US, Midland US, Philadelphia, Baltimore
  • /ˈɒnʃɔː/ (Eastern-New-England, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈɔnʃoː/ (Australia)
  • [ˈɒːnʃoɹ ~ ˈɔːnʃoɹ] (Canada)
  • ŏn Southern US, Midland US, Philadelphia, Baltimore
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From on + shore.

Meanings

  1. To relocate production, services or jobs to lower-cost locations in the same country.
    • 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:

Forms

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onshores Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
on-shore alternative lexicographic
onshored Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
onshored Tense=Past lexicographic
onshoring Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

noshore · offshore

Translations (4)

fr relocaliser (Translations) · pl przenieść (Translations) · pl przenosić (Translations) · fi ulkoistaa saman maan sisälle (Translations)