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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

/ ˈھːˌɜː /

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 Word Forms

  • ھwǰe ھ-ɴǰe 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

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Joyce has been offered traditional cacao while doing fieldwork in Honduras.

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However, archaeologists themselves have not yet taken full advantage of these models in their own fieldwork and research.

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Mr Cole was studying African art at New York’s Columbia University and conducting fieldwork in Nigeria when Murray assigned him to collect artwork from south-eastern Nigeria for the newer museum in Lagos.

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“At the same time, colleagues from Denmark, who do a lot of fieldwork in Greenland, received reports of a tsunami that happened in a remote fjord,” explained Dr Hicks.

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They also contributed to the development of field sciences, fostered networks of knowledge, and connected the histories of politics, fieldwork, and academic disciplines like archaeology.

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