offshore.

1. Situated, moving, or occurring away from the shore, in the sea or toward it.

2. Located in another country for business, financial, or operational purposes, often outside the home jurisdiction.

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Words that belong together

• an offshore platform
• an offshore wind

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An offshore platform stood beyond the line of fishing boats.

The offshore wind drove the smoke away from the beach.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. Forms: Relational or positional adjective; ordinary comparative and superlative usually not applicable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: offshores.