afield
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ə
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field
ˈfild
fild
/ɐfˈiːld/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "afield"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇, āĻĻā§‚āϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇

at or from a place far away
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The researchers traveled afield to study rare wildlife.
āĻ—āĻŦ⧇āώāĻ•āϰāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϞ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖā§€ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡, āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ⧇

out in the countryside or natural environment, especially for battle, hunting, or work
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The troops were sent afield before dawn to secure the ridge.
āϏ⧈āĻ¨ā§āϝāϰāĻž āĻ­ā§‹āϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāϠ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāύ⧋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϰāĻŋāϜ āϏ⧁āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝāĨ¤
1.2

āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇, āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇

away from one's usual place of residence
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Many students go afield to pursue higher education.
āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āωāĻšā§āϚ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇, āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇

away from the main subject or relevant topic
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The debate wandered afield and became less productive.
āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž afield āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϏāϰ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ•āĻŽ āωāĻ¤ā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύāĻļā§€āϞ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāϠ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
2.1

āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤāĻŋāϰ āϏ⧁āϝ⧋āϗ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇, āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇

outside the scope of one's familiarity or understanding
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His ideas were considered afield of conventional philosophy.
āϤāĻžāϰ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϚāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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