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afield

[ uh-feeld ]

adverb

  1. abroad; away from home.
  2. off the beaten path; far and wide:

    to go afield in one's reading.

  3. off the mark:

    His criticism was totally afield.

  4. in or to the field or countryside.
  5. beyond the range or field of one's experience, knowledge, acquaintanceship, etc.:

    a philosophy far afield of previous philosophical thought.



afield

/ əˈھː /

adverb

  1. away from one's usual surroundings or home (esp in the phrase far afield )
  2. off the subject; away from the point (esp in the phrase far afield )
  3. in or to the field, esp the battlefield
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of afield1

before 1000; Middle English afelde, Old English on felda. See a- 1, field
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When he comes back he would like to see what opportunities there could be locally but he "wouldn't mind taking the jump to explore" further afield.

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It's not always possible for competitors to travel further afield with their relatives.

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It's an ideology so far afield from the radical evangelicalism of the contemporary American right that I have to ask him what he thinks about what Christian identity looks like in our country right now.

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Researchers said it appeared the animals, known for resiliency, traveled farther afield to get what they need — likely expending more energy along the way.

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According to the Russian press, in 2023 export permits were issued for over half-a-tonne of dried fly agaric destined as far afield as Kyrgyzstan, the Philippines and even the U.S.

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