field trip
noun
: a visit (as to a factory, farm, or museum) made (as by students and a teacher) for purposes of firsthand observation
Examples of field trip in a Sentence
We took a class field trip to the power plant.
We went on a field trip.
Recent Examples on the Web
Frozen with sadness, Winnie didn't understand that the field trip was only for a day.
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Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Still, there are groceries in the fridge, and everyone has their field trips paid for and clothes that fit, there is freedom that comes from paying your own way without depending on anyone else.
—Sarah Bregel, Parents, 28 Oct. 2025
Children often take field trips to pumpkin patches to pick their own.
—Shelley Mitchell, The Conversation, 24 Oct. 2025
Inside her book bag, though, was a permission slip for a field trip to the zoo scheduled for later that week.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
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Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Still, there are groceries in the fridge, and everyone has their field trips paid for and clothes that fit, there is freedom that comes from paying your own way without depending on anyone else.
—Sarah Bregel, Parents, 28 Oct. 2025
Children often take field trips to pumpkin patches to pick their own.
—Shelley Mitchell, The Conversation, 24 Oct. 2025
Inside her book bag, though, was a permission slip for a field trip to the zoo scheduled for later that week.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for field trip
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“Field trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/field%20trip. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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