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English term or phrase:
nearshore or near shore
English answer:
nearshore
Added to glossary by
Giulia Fabrizi
Aug 10, 2007 15:39
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nearshore or near shore
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nearshore
Hi!
I´d like to get an explanation about the use of the term "nearshore" as an adjective: "nearshore" or "near-shore"???
Example: "NEARSHORE investigations" or "NEAR-SHORE investigations"?
Many thanks in advance!
giulia78
I´d like to get an explanation about the use of the term "nearshore" as an adjective: "nearshore" or "near-shore"???
Example: "NEARSHORE investigations" or "NEAR-SHORE investigations"?
Many thanks in advance!
giulia78
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| 5 +4 | nearshore |
Benjamin Brinner
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| 4 | nearshore |
Vicky Nash
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| 4 | near-shore |
David Moore (X)
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nearshore
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/nearshore
Function: adjective
: extending outward an indefinite but usually short distance from shore <nearshore sediments>
Hope that helps.
Function: adjective
: extending outward an indefinite but usually short distance from shore <nearshore sediments>
Hope that helps.
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5 mins
nearshore
According to the online Oxord English Dictionary it would be nearshore. Hope that helps!
Note from asker:
| Many thanks, Vicky! :) |
| Many thanks, David! :) |
13 mins
near-shore
That's my shot; as a BENS, I may be a bit of a Philistine, but I am in Europe, and prefer this for a European audience. It's been many years since the OED used the Quenn's English - it's been American-owned for a long time now.
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Tony M
: I agree in principle, David, but I think in this specific adjectival use it is acceptable, cf. inshore
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There are quite a lot of "near-shore" hits on google too - enough to suggest I might well be right...certainly "nearshore" is absent from Chambers...
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Selcuk Akyuz
: I am not a native speaker but in OED it is nearshore, and in Chambers not only nearshore but also near-shore is absent.
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I agree entirely; as stated, OED is no longer the proper English authority for Europe; and why should "near-shore", as a compound adjective, appear in any dictionary? How about just using "close to shore" or "close inshore"?
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