afield
adverb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 adverb
far away from home or one's usual surroundings
looking afield for new lands to conquer
Sense 2 adverb
in or into a field (especially a field of battle)
the armies were afield, challenging the enemy's advance
Sense 3 adverb
off the subject; beyond the point at issue
such digressions can lead us too far afield
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