offsite or off-site meeting

Meanings

1. 1nouncountablebusiness

   A meeting or event held away from the usual workplace, often at a hotel or conference center.

   Grammar: Countable: an off-site meeting, two off-site meetings.

   Patterns

   • hold an off-site meeting
   • go to an off-site meeting

   The team held an off-site meeting at a hotel by the lake.

   We have an off-site meeting next week to plan the new project.

2. 2adjectivebefore a nounbusiness

   Happening away from the main office or workplace.

   Grammar: Comes before a noun: off-site meeting, off-site training.

   Patterns

   • off-site meeting
   • off-site training

   The off-site meeting lasted all day.

   They organized off-site training for new staff.

3. 3adverbbusiness

   Away from the usual office or workplace.

   Grammar: Often used with 'meet' or 'work': meet off-site.

   Patterns

   • meet off-site
   • work off-site

   Let's meet off-site to avoid distractions.

   The whole department worked off-site for a week.

Word forms

Common combinations

hold an off-site meeting

We hold an off-site meeting every quarter.

go to an off-site meeting

She had to go to an off-site meeting in another city.

off-site training

Off-site training can be more focused than in the office.

meet off-site

The managers decided to meet off-site.

Synonyms and how they differ

retreat

A retreat is often longer and more about planning or team-building than a simple off-site meeting.

Opposites

Word family

off-site adjective

Away from the main workplace.

onsite adjective

At the main workplace.

Commonly confused: offsite or off-site meeting or on-site?

Practice

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