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afield
[uh-feeld]
adverb
abroad; away from home.
off the beaten path; far and wide.
to go afield in one's reading.
off the mark.
His criticism was totally afield.
in or to the field or countryside.
beyond the range or field of one's experience, knowledge, acquaintanceship, etc..
a philosophy far afield of previous philosophical thought.
afield
/ əˈھː /
adverb
away from one's usual surroundings or home (esp in the phrase far afield )
off the subject; away from the point (esp in the phrase far afield )
in or to the field, esp the battlefield
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Example Sentences
"They want to leave this oil and gas in the North Sea and import oil and gas from further afield. It makes absolutely no sense."
Recent home qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup have been staged as far afield as Morocco and Mozambique, but supporters are eager for their side to return to home soil.
But it also has potential implications for weather forecasting further afield in the world, which the Trump administration argues has become too reliant on the US.
"A lot of houses were out of my price range as a single person, so I started looking further afield."
More than 70 parcels were sent to different homes across Nottinghamshire and further afield, after residents agreed to accept online shopping deliveries as "a favour".
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