ONSHORE

onshore

(adjective) on the edge of the land; “an onshore lighthouse”

inshore, onshore, shoreward

(adjective) (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land; “an inshore breeze”; “an onshore gale”

onshore

(adverb) on or toward the land; “they were living onshore”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

onshore (not comparable)

moving from the sea towards the land: an onshore breeze

positioned on or near the shore

Within the country; not overseas.

Adverb

onshore (comparative more onshore, superlative most onshore)

from the sea towards the land

Verb

onshore (third-person singular simple present onshores, present participle onshoring, simple past and past participle onshored)

(management) To relocate production, services or jobs to lower-cost locations in the same country.

Anagrams

• Honores, heroons, noshore, sorehon

Source: Wiktionary



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25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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