Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Done or located at the site, as of a particular activity: on-site monitoring of a production run; an on-site film shoot.
Wiktionary
- adj. taking place, or located, on a particular site or in a particular building, as opposed to at a remote site or factory
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Taking place or located at the indicated site. Opposed to
off-site .
WordNet 3.0
- adj. taking place or located at the site
Etymologies
- on + site (Wiktionary)
Examples
“And we are continuously faced, especially after 9/11, with numerous challenges that we need to work together to collaborate and meet those challenges on," said U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Carmen Ortiz, who called the on-site task force "groundbreaking.”
“The software is designed to work across different systems in data centers, whether on-site at a company or housed in a cloud computing environment; it also offers cloud-based security services for web applications.”
“Finally, the FTC alleged that defendants falsely represented that its facilities, “Warner Laboratories” and “National Institute for Clinical Weight Loss,” were bona fide research/medical facilities that engaged in scientific medical research and product testing at on-site facilities.”
“Apart from drawing up long-term plans, teams of engineers from both Hitachi and Toshiba have been working off- and on-site at Fukushima Daiichi to help Tepco with its efforts to cool the nuclear reactors to prevent further releases of radioactive materials.”
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“Caleb: Who here has invested time in on-site search analysis [Very few hands].”
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“I have a lot of respect for the organizers of the workshop; they packed a lot into our 44 hours on-site at Pendle Hill, yet it didn't feel rushed or overloaded.”
“Independence students from First Bots of Independence (the “FBI”) will also be present to show off their award-winning robotic designs, and Cable Dahmer Chevrolet will be on-site to display “Transformers” cars like the ones featured in the film.”
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“Credibility Alliance verifies these standards based on the non-profit's financial statements, annual reports and other documents, as well as on-site visits.”
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“Without on-site inspections, it's impossible to say for sure: As a report by the Council on Foreign Relations noted a decade ago, "China stands out as the least transparent by far of all the nuclear-weapon states.”
“His offer was refused even though he was probably more qualified than the non existent “engineer” who was supposed to be on-site and giving us the luxury of running hot water.”
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Adjectively used nominal phrases with a "-" inside.
t-test, O-ring, B-grade, so-called, on-site, at-large, in-your-face, in-state, on-time, up-to-the-minute, in-store, on-call and 965 more...
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