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# onshore

«onshore» in Mova's school dictionary: **On the land, not at sea, as in "onshore wind farms"** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (onshore); adverb (onshore)

### meaning for a pupil

1) On the land, not at sea, as in "onshore wind farms". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/onshore/#m1)

2) (of wind) Blowing from the sea towards the land. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/onshore/#m2)

3) (money, business) Inside a country rather than abroad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/onshore/#m3)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/onshore/#x1)
- An onshore breeze blew in from the sea in the afternoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/onshore/#x2)
- The oil was brought onshore by pipeline. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/onshore/#x4)
- The storm moved onshore and caused flooding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/onshore/#x5)
- In geography we compared onshore and offshore wind energy. [tree →](https://md.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.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «onshore» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/onshore/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.