Meaning

3 senses
  1. (not comparable)Moving away from the shore.

    ablandig

    at some distance from the shore

  2. (not comparable)Located in the sea away from the coast.

    an offshore oil rig

    offshore

  3. (not comparable)Located in another country, especially one having beneficial tax laws or labor costs.

    Off-Shore-

    офшо́рныйofšórnyj

    офшо́рнийofšórnyj

Examples

31 sentences
  1. We saw some fishing boats not far offshore.

  2. Tom has an offshore account.

  3. Tom swam out to Mary's yacht that was anchored offshore.

  4. Sami transferred money from offshore account.

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  5. Tom has an offshore bank account.

Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
located in another country:
Русский
By meaning 1
located in another country:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
moving away from the shore:
located in the sea away from the coast:
located in another country:

Origin

From off- + shore.

From off- + shore.

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (of winds) coming from the land:seaward

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
offshore — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto