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offsite

offsite

2 3.5
At a place away from the usual office
  • adverb
  • /ˈɔfˌsaɪt/
: fuera de la oficina
  • Attempts had been made to herd them offsite to field laboratories, but when confronted with manmade obstacles, they emitted a string of their famous barks and retreated.

Examples

  • For data security, it is important to store backups offsite in case of disasters at the main office.

  • The company organized an offsite retreat to foster teamwork and collaboration among employees.

  • The team will hold their meeting offsite to encourage creative thinking in a new environment.

Synonyms

off-site
vsoffsite
20 3.9

Happening away from the usual place or building

has identical meaning but written without a hyphen

Antonyms

on-site
110 3.4

At the place where the work happens

How Far

remote
303 3.6
offsite
2 3.5
on-site
110 3.4

Surface Forms

offsite positive

Morphology

offsite = site (transparent) = off + site

The adverbial use is a straightforward combination meaning 'at or to a place away from the usual site'. [Postprocessing: moved 'off' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Offsite is made of off ('away') plus site ('place'), so used as an adverb it means doing something at or to a place away from the normal office.