in the field
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.24 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
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Actively engaged in fighting or dealing with the enemy; in battle or on maneuvers.
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Away from the office, classroom, or laboratory; working with people or things in their natural environment.
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In a real-world setting, as opposed to the controlled conditions of a laboratory or the hypothesized parameters of a theoretical approach.
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, field.
Example Sentences
- "An English medical officer has described an apparatus for the generation of chlorine gas which was used for sterilization of water in the field."
- "Even if the Soviets do not intend to use chemical weapons unless they are first attacked themselves by poisonous gas, it is inconceivable that such munitions would not be available in the field."
- "Running short after a couple of chaotic days in the field, Hamer hoped to have the batteries by nightfall, when the company would need them the most."
- "Set against the level of their activity in the field, the companies would argue that such losses were a small percentage of the people notionally at risk."
- "In 1915 the average county agent spent 152 days in the field and 140 days in the office."
- "Acknowledgment is also made of the assistance of Professor B. F. Howell, who spent several days in the field with the writer while work was being done on the Paleozoic rocks and who helped with that part of the report."