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upfield

upfield adjective: towards the upper part of a field.

Adjective

upfield (comparative further upfield or farther upfield, superlative furthest upfield or farthest upfield)

  1. Towards the upper part of a field.
  2. Away from the defending team's end of the playing field.
    • Henderson, beginning a mini-run in the team with David de Gea on paternity leave, threw out to the left flank and Shaw had only one thought – to rumble upfield.2021 March 7, David Hytner, “Manchester United catch City cold as Fernandes and Shaw end winning run”, in The Guardian
  3. Describing an NMR resonance at a lower frequency to that of a reference signal.

Adverb

upfield (comparative further upfield or farther upfield, superlative furthest upfield or farthest upfield)

  1. Towards the upper part of a field.
  2. Away from the defending team's end of the playing field.
    • The All Blacks drove upfield, using up the remaining moments, and when Joubert blew for another French infringement, the biggest party in New Zealand's history was under way.2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, in BBC Sport

Proper noun capitalized: Upfield

Upfield (countable and uncountable, plural Upfields)

  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Antonyms of upfield

Forms of upfield

Adjective
comparativefurther upfield
comparativefarther upfield
superlativefurthest upfield
superlativefarthest upfield
Adverb
comparativefurther upfield
comparativefarther upfield
superlativefurthest upfield
superlativefarthest upfield
Proper noun
pluralUpfields

Origin of upfield

From up- + field.

From Old English upp (“up”) + feld (“field”), a toponymic surname for someone who lived at the upper field.

Questions about upfield

What does upfield mean?
Upfield means towards the upper part of a field.
What part of speech is upfield?
Upfield can be an adjective, an adverb or a proper noun.

Words near upfield in the dictionary

  1. upfacing
  2. upfault
  3. upfaulted
  4. upfaulting
  5. upfaults
  6. upfield
  7. Upfields
  8. upfill
  9. upfilled
  10. upfilling
  11. upfillings

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