on-site
- adjective
- /ˈɑnˌsaɪt/
- We will conduct the inspection on-site to assess the condition of the equipment directly.
- an on-site visit
- an on-site inspection
- on-site training
We have an on site license attorney and we knew we needed to do it.
- We have an on site license attorney and we knew we needed to do it.
- We have another company called Axiom which does on site and in the cloud backup recovery for SMBs.
- They can fly people out to seminars and host events and do on on site hands on training.
Examples
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So at the lowest possible level, we want conflict settled on site if possible.
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Testing is conducted on-site during visits that last an average of 2 hours.
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If this is not successful, they can send people on site to try to fix it.
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So they grow all of their own, like food on site and I think they have some animals.
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And so the teams on site on the front line know exactly what to do with a customer that may have it.
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So we accepted that and then they arrived on site and they looked massive obviously.
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But when you can produce and build beautiful, beautiful walls like that with a product that is right here on site, it's kind of free.
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We have an on site license attorney and we knew we needed to do it.
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There are large tanks on site and the site would be connected to municipal water supplies.
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University professors and executives from the music business will give lectures, on-site demonstrations, and concerts.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
At the place where something is happening or has just happened
Happening immediately at the place where something is happening
It stays in its original place and is not moved
It stays in the place where it was first found
Antonyms
How Remote
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word on-site simply joins on, which means 'at' or 'on top of', and site, which means 'place', and you see site in words like website or the phrase 'building site'. So, on-site means 'at the place' where the activity or work happens.