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fieldwork

[ feeld-wurk ]

noun

  1. Also field work. work done in the field, as research, exploration, surveying, or interviewing:

    archaeological fieldwork.

  2. Fortification. a temporary fortification constructed in the field.


fieldwork

/ ˈfiːldˌwɜːk /

noun

  1. military a temporary structure used in defending or fortifying a place or position
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • fieldworker field-worker noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fieldwork1

First recorded in 1735–45; field + work
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Example Sentences

Moreover, the biologists say, its protection from development has provided a rare chance to do fieldwork nine miles from downtown Washington.

That potential for personal connections helps explain hitchhiking’s appeal, agreed Laviolette, whose own hitchhiking experiences became part of his fieldwork.

The guidelines still recommend replacing fieldwork with distanced alternatives whenever possible.

The following summer she did fieldwork in fishing and agricultural villages in Bahia, Brazil.

I’ve observed that directly in my fieldwork, and have heard the same from long-term militia members who say it dates back to the beginnings of the movement in the early 1990s.

Limitations aside, the survey is the first attempt at collecting data on sexual harassment and assault in fieldwork.

By fieldwork you mean attached to your field stations, of which I believe there are 65 in the United States?

Strong and healthy, neither wind nor rain interfered with her fieldwork in botany or paleontology.

After a series has been taken at each station, the fieldwork is complete.

Once the triangle has been laid out, the fieldwork is very simple.

He now devoted himself to palaeontological studies, and to fieldwork in various parts of Germany, Italy and France.

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