fieldwork
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See also: field work
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English *felde-werk (found in plural felde werkes), equivalent to field + work.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfiːldwɜːk/
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈfildwɝk/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
fieldwork (countable and uncountable, plural fieldworks)
- (uncountable, agriculture) Work done out in the fields as opposed to that done elsewhere on the farm (e.g., barn, house, outbuildings, office).
- 1917, Knut Hamsun, Growth of the Soil, Book 1, Ch.3, at p.30:
- The days now were occupied in field work and more field work; he cleared new bits of ground, getting out roots and stones; plowing, manuring, harrowing, working with pick and spade, breaking lumps of soil and crumbling them with hand and heel; a tiller of the ground always, laying out fields like velvet carpets. He waited a couple of days longer―there was a look of rain about―and then he sowed his grain.
- Synonym: outwork
- Besides the bookkeeping and marketing, there's a ton of fieldwork to get done this week.
- 1917, Knut Hamsun, Growth of the Soil, Book 1, Ch.3, at p.30:
- (uncountable) Work done out in the real world rather than in controlled conditions.
- That well Bob set up last weekend was some good fieldwork.
- (in scientific research) The collection of raw data in the field, field research, field study, field studies.
- I thought the fieldwork in the course I was taking was going to be hard, but it was just interviewing people.
- (countable, rare) A temporary fortification built by troops in the field; a defensive earthwork in the field.
- Coordinate term: outwork
- Billy's out building some fieldwork so that our enemies don't walk right over us.
Related terms
Translations
(agriculture) work done out in the fields
collection of raw data
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temporary fortification
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