how to pronounce onshore

/ˌɒnˈʃɔːɹ/

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onshore is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of onshore in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… also onshore wind but obviously onshore …”

meanings of onshore

adjective:

Moving from the sea towards the land: an onshore breeze.
Within the country; not overseas.
Positioned on or near the shore.

adverb:

From the sea towards the land.

verb:

To relocate production, services or jobs to lower-cost locations in the same country.

onshore frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word onshore occurs in english on average 1.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics onshore can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that onshore can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;

2) transport and travel;