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# afield

«afield» in Mova's school dictionary: **In the fields, out in the countryside, away from home** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (afield; no forms; old use)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In the fields, out in the countryside, away from home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afield/#m1)

2) Far afield means far away from home or from where one lives. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afield/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in country tales, out working or wandering in the fields, away from the house

### examples

- The old woman's daughter is sent afield. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afield/#x1)
- The sheep came home from afield. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afield/#x2)
- The news travelled far afield. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afield/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «afield» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afield/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.