Meaning & use
working offsite
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Meaning
phrasefixed phrasebusiness
Working away from the usual office or main workplace.
Grammar: Often used after be: they are working offsite.
Patterns
- be working offsite
- work offsite
- working offsite from home
Many employees are working offsite this week.
He prefers working offsite because he can focus better.
The company allows staff to work offsite two days a week.
Common combinations
- work offsite
- They often work offsite during the summer.
- be working offsite
- She is working offsite today.
- allow staff to work offsite
- The new policy allows staff to work offsite.
Synonyms and how they differ
- remote working
- Remote working is a broader term for working away from the office, often from home; working offsite can also mean at a client's location or another company site.
- telecommuting
- Telecommuting is an older term for working from home using a computer; working offsite is more general and modern.
Opposites
Commonly confused: working offsite or off-site?
working offsite vs off-site
The adjective and adverb are often written with a hyphen: an off-site meeting. The phrase 'working offsite' is usually written as two words.
Practice
Due to the storm, the whole team is working ___ today.
Choose one answer.
'Offsite' means away from the office, which fits the context of a storm. 'Offside' is a sports term, 'offshore' means in another country or at sea, and 'offhand' means without preparation.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “working offsite”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.