Meaning & use

Offsite

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Located or taking place away from a particular site, such as a main office or facility.

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The company stores its backup files at an offsite data center.

The team held an offsite meeting at a countryside retreat.

A note on using this word

Also written 'off-site'; both forms are widely accepted in business and technical writing.

Words with a similar meaning

off-premisesremote

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Words with an opposite meaning

onsite

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