Meanings
- not comparableAway from a particular site.
1 more example
For 75 years, it has fulfilled a wide range of roles: producing weapons-grade plutonium for early atomic weapons in the aftermath of the Second World War; the world's first commercial nuclear power station supplying electricity to the National Grid; reprocessing and storage of nuclear fuel; and the processing of lower grades of radioactive waste for off-site storage.
2023 December 27, Ben Jones, “Inside Sellafield... by rail”, in RAIL, number 999, page 20Antonyms: on-site
- not comparableAway from a particular site.
Unlike South Heath, where the tunnel segments are made on site, the ones used here are made off-site and brought in by road.
2022 March 23, Paul Bigland, “HS2 is just 'passing through'”, in RAIL, number 953, page 41
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveAway from a particular site.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivetaking place or located away from the site
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishoff-
- Latinsitus
- Anglo-Normansite
- Middle Englishsite
- Englishsite
- Englishoff-site
Translations
Italian non in loco, fuorisede
- non in locoaway from a particular site
- fuorisedeaway from a particular site
- fuori sedeaway from a particular site
- all'esternoaway from a particular site
Polish poza miejscem
- poza miejscemaway from a particular site
Cite this entry
off-site. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/off-site
“off-site.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/off-site. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “off-site,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/off-site.
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