field work

noun

1. an investigation or search for material, data, etc, made in the field as opposed to the classroom, laboratory, or official headquarters

Derived Forms

• field worker, noun

Example Sentences

Tett holds a Ph.D. in social anthropology from Cambridge University based on field work in the former Soviet Union.

From The Daily Beast

Their field work and their Bible reading provoked one another, fueling discovery in both realms.

From The Daily Beast

There wasn't a fellow in the village equal to me, either with the fiddle at the inn or at the hardest field work.

From Project Gutenberg

During the opening days of March, Blake and Hamilton were engaged in field work down the island.

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The profile of the works themselves was weak, being in fact an ordinary field-work.

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The numbers of frogs studied by him however, were relatively small and the field work was limited to the one summer.

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An ideal volume for expert naturalist or amateur for field work or even more exhaustive study.

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