field trip

American  

noun

• field trips
  plural

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.

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field trip British  

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• field trips
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of field trip

First recorded in 1955–60

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Example Sentences

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field trip

These included a field trip to Hormuz that gained a lot of traction and a futuristic look at what AI might mean in practice.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

Unconfirmed reports had suggested the woman fell ill either after breaking a test tube containing the pathogen or following a field trip to a region where plague is found naturally among wild rodents.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Between blocks of talks, attendees partake in activities from the glacier show-and-tell to an iNaturalist BioBlitz in Stanley Park to a field trip to the local Renaissance faire.

From Slate ● May 8, 2026

“The last call that my aunt and him had was, ‘Mommy, I got home from my field trip.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026

“Hey,” he goes, “you know what this makes me think of? Remember that time we were in first grade, I think it was, and we went on that field trip over to Saratoga?”

From "The Misfits" by James Howe

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