on-site

adverb or adjective

: at a particular place especially of business
printed on-site
on-site day care
on-site inspections
on-site parking

Examples of on-site in a Sentence

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The on-site spa and three different restaurants (the Mahogany Grille, Diamond Belle Saloon, and The Office Spiritorium) will round out your stay with wellness treatments plus great eats and drinks. Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025 Rent a cabin at Seven Eagles Resort & Campground in Savanna for an outdoorsy stay without roughing it, or book a room at the historic Pere Marquette Lodge for easy access to Pere Marquette State Park and amenities like a pool and on-site winery. Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025 Lee said the ministry is dispatching diplomats from its embassy in Washington and consulate in Atlanta to the site, and planning to form an on-site response team. Kim Tong-Hyung, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025 In the clinic’s small lab, staff can do rapid testing for HIV and syphilis and on-site testing for female patients for chlamydia, gonorrhea and trichomoniasis — which allows clinicians to prescribe medication and treat patients immediately. Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 5 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for on-site

Word History

First Known Use

1946, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of on-site was in 1946

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“On-site.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on-site. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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