afield

[ uh-feeld ]
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adverb
  1. abroad; away from home.

  2. off the beaten path; far and wide: to go afield in one's reading.

  1. off the mark: His criticism was totally afield.

  2. in or to the field or countryside.

  3. beyond the range or field of one's experience, knowledge, acquaintanceship, etc.: a philosophy far afield of previous philosophical thought.

Origin of afield

1
before 1000; Middle English afelde,Old English on felda.See a-1, field

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British Dictionary definitions for afield

afield

/ (əˈfiːld) /


adverb, adjective(postpositive)
  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)

  1. in or to the field, esp the battlefield

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