a temporary structure used in defending or fortifying a place or position
2.
an investigation or search for material, data, etc, made in the field as opposed to the classroom, laboratory, or official headquarters
Derived forms
fieldworker (ˈfieldˌworker)
noun
Examples of 'field research' in a sentence
field research
Their field research could be testing, occasionally risky.
The Times Literary Supplement (2017)
One offered $1,000 for presenting a conference paper; the other $2,500 for field research.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It was not clear whether the three judges had conducted field research before reaching their verdict.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Interdisciplinary work, consistency in data collection standards, and long-term field research are all critical to unravelling so many of these unknowns.