fieldwork

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noun field·work \ ˈfēld-ˌwərk \

Definition of fieldwork

1 :a temporary fortification thrown up by an army in the field

2 :work done in the field (as by students) to gain practical experience and knowledge through firsthand observation

3 :the gathering of anthropological or sociological data through the interviewing and observation of subjects in the field

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field-worker

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Examples of fieldwork in a Sentence

an anthropologist who has done fieldwork in the South Pacific

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Bob Weber, a biologist with the Fish and Boat Commission, was on hand to monitor and verify the Trout Unlimited fieldwork.

— frank kummer, Philly.com, "How does Pennsylvania grade its streams? It shocks the trout," 17 Aug. 2017
When Noë began his fieldwork, behavioral biologists proposed two theories for cooperation.

— ben crair, Bloomberg.com, "The Secret Economic Lives of Animals," 1 Aug. 2017
These mash-ups, where the whales were blending both old and new melodies, were so rare that the team had only recorded five in over 20 years of fieldwork—and one was too poor in quality to use.

— ed yong, The Atlantic, "Humpback Whales Remix Their Old Songs," 24 July 2017
Boniface Dulani is a senior lecturer in the Department of Political and Administrative Studies at the University of Malawi and Afrobarometer’s operations manager for fieldwork in southern and francophone Africa.

— michael bratton, Washington Post, "Half of Zambians aren’t happy with their democracy — and that’s a big change," 20 July 2017
Within 6 months, Ph.D. student Gwij Stegen, who took over the fieldwork, had trouble spotting any fire salamanders at all.

— erik stokstad, Science | AAAS, "A fungus is attacking Europe’s most beloved salamander. It could wreak havoc if it gets to North America," 19 July 2017
The project, which is investigating the effects of a warming climate through a combination of fieldwork, satellite observation, and computer simulation, describes the iceberg as one of the largest ever recorded.

— danica kirka, The Christian Science Monitor, "Immense iceberg finally splits from Antarctic ice shelf," 13 July 2017
On Tuesday, July 18, at 6:3 p.m., a photo fieldwork workshop will take place.

— Courant Community, "Community News For The Vernon Edition," 11 July 2017
Also read: The officer, whose name has not been released, was conducting a fieldwork investigation in the 3600 block of Clippert, in southwest Detroit, around midnight when a woman came up behind him and zapped him on the arm with a stun gun.

— perry a. farrell, Detroit Free Press, "Detroit police release video of officer being tased by woman," 7 July 2017

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: the work of gathering information by going into the field (sense 4)

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