field trip

noun

1. a trip by students to gain firsthand knowledge away from the classroom, as to a museum, factory, geological area, or environment of certain plants and animals.

2. a trip by a scholar or researcher to gather data firsthand, as to a geological, archaeological, anthropological, or other site.

field trip

noun

1. an expedition, as by a group of students or research workers, to study something at first hand

Word History and Origins

Origin of field trip¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

Mindlessly churning through the tedium of business is JR’s superpower, which he unleashes with an initial stock purchase after a class field trip to Wall Street.

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Some places prioritize privacy over community; others are more about food than field trips.

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Students learn on the job, preparing food for the animals, feeding them, weighing them and even putting on demonstrations for children visiting on school field trips.

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"From late October to early November, there will be no unification ministry-operated special field trips to Panmunjom," Seoul's unification ministry, which handles fraught relations with the North, said in a statement sent to AFP.

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The world's finance ministers on their field trip to Washington have had to assume the world economy will muddle through this.

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