fieldwork
noun/ˈfiːldwɜːk/
/ˈfiːldwɜːrk/
[uncountable]- research or study that is done in the real world rather than in a library or laboratory
- Most of the fieldwork was carried out in Italy.
- extensive fieldwork on chimpanzees
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- extensive
- intensive
- ethnographic
- …
- be engaged in
- carry out
- conduct
- …
- during fieldwork
- in the course of fieldwork
- fieldwork on
- …
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