Definition of Field trip

1. Noun. A group excursion (to a museum or the woods or some historic place) for firsthand examination.


Definition of Field trip

1. Noun. A trip into the field. ¹

2. Noun. An educational trip. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Field Trip

field shifts
field soybean
field spaniel
field sparrow
field speedwell
field sport
field strength
field strength unit
field strip
field survey
field tent
field test
field theory
field thistle
field trial
field trip (current term)
field trips
field unit
field vole
field voles
field winding
field work
field wormwood
fieldball
fieldcraft
fielded
fielden
fielder
fielder's choice
fielders

Literary usage of Field trip

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Geography by National Council of Geography Teachers (U.S.) (1902)
"... to do in Early Tertiary ages, and since Miocene times has bent all her energies to fulfill. A FEW SUGGESTIONS ON field trip WORK By Loulie C. Kelley ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1916)
"At this point it may be stated that each field trip is ... The field trip is an integral working part of the course, and not merely a pleasant adjunct. ..."

3. Supervised Study in Mathematics and Science by Stephen Clayton Sumner (1922)
"As soon as the class assembles, explain that you are going to take a field trip for the main purpose of studying the ways in which seeds are scattered or ..."

4. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"The second part is a detailed road log for a 72 km (45 mile) field trip in the piedmont of the Santa Catalina Mountains near the towns of Oracle and San ..."

5. A Practical Treatise Upon the Authority and Duty of Justices of the Peace in by Daniel Davis (1828)
"... for the year aforesaid, at the meeting and choice aforesaid ; which list, containing the votes of the said Field, Trip, and Robinson, they the said CD, ..."

6. The Teaching of Geography: Emphasizing the Project, Or Active, Method by Mendel Everett Branom, Frederick Kenneth Branom (1921)
"In most instances it is preferable to arouse an initial interest in any field trip that is to be taken. Most trips involve both discovery and verification. ..."

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