fieldwork

About 2.37 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Work done out in the fields as opposed to that done elsewhere on the farm (e.g., barn, house, outbuildings, office).

   Besides the bookkeeping and marketing, there's a ton of fieldwork to get done this week.

2. noun Work done out in the real world rather than in controlled conditions.

   That well Bob set up last weekend was some good fieldwork.

3. noun The collection of raw data in the field.

   I thought the fieldwork in the course I was taking was going to be hard, but it was just interviewing people.

4. noun A temporary fortification built by troops in the field; a defensive earthwork in the field.

   Billy's out building some fieldwork so that our enemies don't walk right over us.

Similar words

field terrain ground on-site outreach groundwork legwork work practice fact-finding

Often followed by

in and was is on among for with at

Word family

field-worker field-workers fieldworks