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offsite

offsite

1 3.7
Happening away from the usual office
  • adjective
  • /ˈɔfˌsaɪt/
translation icon : fuera de la oficina
  • In summary, a total of 1,250 tons of dewatered sediment was removed from the canal south of Hangar 22 at Miami International Airport and hauled to an offsite facility in the Miami area for disposal by thermal treatment.

Examples

  • With synchronous learning technology, it is possible for the main classroom to be in Chicago while offsite classrooms are scattered throughout the state, region, country, and even internationally.

    Academic text (2002)

  • What can museums do, both on- and offsite, to activate and trigger responses in their visitors in the exhibition space?

    Blog text (19)

  • The archaeologists suggest an offsite museum and visitor's center.

    Academic text (2005)

  • The service will provide diagnostic oil analysis that is currently supplied by offsite laboratories.

    Academic text (2000)

  • The team will hold an offsite meeting next week to brainstorm new ideas.

  • They organized an offsite training session to enhance employee skills.

  • Our company has rented a space for an offsite workshop away from the office.

Synonyms

off-site
vsoffsite
16 3.9

Happening away from the usual place or building

is written without a hyphen in modern usage

Antonyms

on-site
56 3.4

At the place where the work happens

How Far

remote
218 3.6
offsite
1 3.7
on-site
56 3.4

Surface Forms

offsite positive

Morphology

offsite = site (transparent) = off + site

Meaning is directly derivable from 'off' (away) + 'site' (place): 'away from the site'. [Postprocessing: moved 'off' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Offsite comes from the simple parts off ('away') and site ('place'), and it describes something that is located away from the usual workplace.