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# onshore

adjective (onshore); adverb (onshore)

«onshore» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. On the land, not at sea, as in "onshore wind farms". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/onshore/#m1)
2. (of wind) Blowing from the sea towards the land. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/onshore/#m2)
3. (money, business) Inside a country rather than abroad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/onshore/#m3)

### In the lessons

Used in geography and science (onshore and offshore wind; an onshore breeze on a sunny afternoon at the beach), in energy (onshore wind turbines on hills) and in surfing reports (onshore wind makes waves messy). Phrases: "onshore wind", "come onshore".

### Examples

- Onshore wind farms are built on land. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/onshore/#x1)
- An onshore breeze blew in from the sea in the afternoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/onshore/#x2)
- The oil was brought onshore by pipeline. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/onshore/#x3)
- Surfers don't like an onshore wind because it spoils the waves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/onshore/#x4)
- The storm moved onshore and caused flooding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/onshore/#x5)
- In geography we compared onshore and offshore wind energy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/onshore/#x6)

### Note

One word. Opposite: "offshore" (out at sea, or from the land towards the sea). Trap: an "onshore wind" blows TO the land, an "offshore wind" blows FROM the land.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «onshore» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/onshore/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«onshore» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/onshore.html) on Mova free.