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
Children often take field trips to pumpkin patches to pick their own.
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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
The professor recorded and narrated the field trip so Rogers and others could complete the assignment at Stanley.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
There will also be guided field trips of cultural sites.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
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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
The professor recorded and narrated the field trip so Rogers and others could complete the assignment at Stanley.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
There will also be guided field trips of cultural sites.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 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 28 Oct. 2025.
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