afield
adverb or adjective
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Definition of afield
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Examples of afield in a Sentence
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Some of the students from farthest afield were already in town the week before move-in. — Catalina Righter, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, "Largest ever first-year class moves into McDaniel College," 22 Aug. 2019 Scooter Gennett hit an eighth-inning double in his Giants debut and had a mixed night afield. — Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, "Giants reconstituted bullpen falters in loss that drops them back to .500," 2 Aug. 2019 Their analysis suggested that half of the 40 were locals, around a quarter had come from somewhat farther afield, and the remainder from places hundreds of kilometres away, in what are now western Honduras and Mexico’s central highlands. — The Economist, "Who did the Maya sacrifice?," 1 Aug. 2019 Beijing’s attempts to project its influence even further afield through its Belt and Road Initiative, an ambitious global development program of major infrastructure projects, has sharpened the sense of unease among some parties. — Washington Post, "Top diplomats gather in Bangkok for key Asia-Pacific talks," 30 July 2019 To depend on airports even further afield jeopardizes response times, and hinders delivery of critical services when time is of the essence. — Pierluigi Oliverio, The Mercury News, "Opinion: Why Santa Clara County shouldn’t close Reid-Hillview Airport," 24 July 2019 Another group of high-end buyers come from further afield, like the Kellys, in search of citizenship in an EU member state. — Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ, "For Sale in Malta: A Path to EU Citizenship," 11 July 2019 Its colonies in the Americas and the Pacific have been even farther afield. — Christopher Knight, latimes.com, "Review: 3 Velázquez paintings alone are reason to go, now, to this San Diego show," 26 June 2019 But the latest word on the royals' future plans are looking a little further ahead—and a little further afield. — Krystin Arneson, Glamour, "Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Have Reportedly Planned Their First Trip With the Royal Baby," 28 Apr. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'afield.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for afield
afield
adverb
English Language Learners Definition of afield
: away from home : away from here or there
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afield
adverb
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Kids Definition of afield
1
: to, in, or into the countryside
2
: away from home
People came from as far afield as Canada.
3
: out of a usual, planned, or proper course
His question led the discussion far afield.
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