fieldworkfield‧work /ˈfiːldwɜːk $ -wɜːrk/ noun [uncountable] 
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ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
word sets- At the end of the second year, students complete a 4 - 6 week fieldwork placement.
- Few people have been allowed to do any extensive fieldwork.
- Most fieldwork is simply episodic, made by an outsider moving in for a period to assess observed social behaviour.
- Our fieldwork revealed a number of emerging possibilities, practices and issues in respect of each of these.
- She was a fine woman, unspoilt by childbirth, her body hardened by fieldwork.
- The study of entire landscapes by regional survey is now a major part of archaeological fieldwork.
- We hope to finalize the fieldwork by the end of 1992 and to round up research by the middle of 1993.
WORD SETS► Conditions of Employment
the study of scientific or social subjects, done outside the class or laboratory—fieldworker noun [countable]appraisee, nounappraiser, nounassertiveness training, assessment centre, automatic checkoff, nounB2E, adjectivebasic wage, broadbanding, nounbusiness agent, callback, nouncasual, adjectivechampion of change, nounchange agent, nounCIO, cognitive dissonance, nouncollaborative working, nouncommand and control, nouncompany doctor, company officer, company union, comparable worth, nouncompassionate leave, nouncompetence profiling, nouncompetency-based, adjectivecompetency profiling, compliance officer, confidentiality clause, contract of employment, nouncontract of service, nouncontractual, adjectivecontribution, nouncontributory, adjectiveCOO, core competence, corporate communication, custom and practice, dead time, demarcation dispute, direct labour, disabled quota, dispute procedure, earnings-related, adjectiveemployee referral program, employee relations, employment, nounevergreen contract, expense account, nounfidelity insurance, field staff, fieldwork, nounfirst in, first out, nounflexitime, nounflyback interview, freelance, adjectivegagging clause, gardening leave, gender-awareness, noungolden handshake, noungolden parachute, noungrade, noungrade, verbgratuity, noungreen card, noungross misconduct, Hawthorne effect, Hay system, hirer, nounhiring hall, nounhotelling, nounHRM, hygiene factor, incentive fee, individual retirement account, job description, nounjob order, job quota, job-sharing, nounlast in, first out, nounleave, nounLIFO, marzipan layer, maternity leave, nounMBWA, medical certificate, nounmileage, nounminimum wage, nounmotivator factor, motor pool, nounnight shift, nounnoncontributory, adjectiveout-of-pocket expenses, nounout of work, adjectiveoutplacement, nounpart-time, adjectivepaternity leave, nounpensionable, adjectivepeon, nounperformance appraisal, probation, nounprobationer, nounprofit sharing, nounPRP, psychic income, psychometric testing, QWL, remuneration package, retirement plan, nounreturner, nounrota, nounrotate, verbsabbatical, nounsalary matrix, nounscreening interview, semi-skilled, adjectiveservice agreement, sick note, nounsickout, nounsick pay, nounspan of control, nounsplit shift, nounstrategic business unit, superannuation scheme, nounsweated labour, nounswing shift, nountacit knowledge, time card, nountime clock, nountime sheet, nountour of duty, nountrade dispute, training needs analysis, underpaid, adjectiveupskill, verbWorking Time Directive, nounwork permit, nounworkplace bargaining, work sampling, work study, nounwrongful termination,