afield
/əˈfiːld/
afield adverb: away (from the home or starting point, physical or conceptual). (Often preceded by far, farther, or further.).
Adverb
afield (comparative more afield, superlative most afield)
- Away (from the home or starting point, physical or conceptual). (Often preceded by far, farther, or further.)
- This latest excursion took us farther afield than ever.
- His latest remarks went far afield of any mainstream conception.
- On the field.
- We now have both teams afield and can begin the match.
- Out in the open.
- The merchant was much interested in my journey, and thought it dangerous to sleep afield.1879, Robert Louis Stevenson, Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes, page 116
- Meanwhile, witch Tituba, Tonight you sleep afield, molest not this house. Return here early for your judgement.2000, Robert Manns, Night of the Frogs & Sautee and Nacoochee, →ISBN, page 27
afield meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
afield in Hindi
- एफील्ड
afield in Tamil
- ஏஃபீல்ட், ஏஃபீல்டு
afield in Urdu
- بھَٹکا ہُوا, بیرُونِ مُلَک, گھر سے دُور, میدان, کھیت میں
afield in Malayalam
- തീപിടിച്ച, കത്തിക്കാളുന്ന, കോപിഷ്ഠമായി
Examples of afield in a sentence
- The Christian movement, forced by adversity to abandon its first home in Jerusalem, reached far afield and swept over all of the civilized world.1924, First Parish in Concord (Concord, Mass.)., Gail Cleland, Loren Benjamin Macdonald, Trinitarian Congregational Church (Concord, Mass.)...
- Whether things could have been different is an open question, and one that would take us far afield from the focus of this book.1999, Jacob S. Hacker, The Road to Nowhere: The Genesis of President Clinton's Plan for Healthy Security, →ISBN, page 118:
- There were Christians developing notable traditions somewhat away from the Mediterranean and outside the Roman empire, in places like Armenia, or even further afield, in India2002, Philip F. Esler, The Early Christian World, →ISBN, page 3:
- My fellow passengers are a mixture of people returning from a day out in the capital, locals doing short hops, and a few (like me) heading farther afield.2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68:
Forms of afield
| comparative | more afield |
|---|---|
| superlative | most afield |
Origin of afield
From Middle English afeld, a-felde, o felde, on felde, from Old English on felde (“afield”, literally “in (the) field”), equivalent to a- (“on”) + field.
Words that rhyme with afield
Questions about afield
- What does afield mean?
- Afield means away (from the home or starting point, physical or conceptual). (Often preceded by far, farther, or further.).
- What is afield in Hindi?
- Afield in Hindi is एफील्ड. See Afield meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use afield in a sentence?
- The Christian movement, forced by adversity to abandon its first home in Jerusalem, reached far afield and swept over all of the civilized world.
- What part of speech is afield?
- Afield is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce afield?
- Afield is pronounced /əˈfiːld/.
Words near afield in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: afield (page history and authors); afield (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); afield (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); afield (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); afield (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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