"afield" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /əˈfiːld/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-afield.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more afield [comparative], most afield [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English afeld, a-felde, o felde, on felde, from Old English on felde (“afield”, literally “in (the) field”), equivalent to a- (“on”) + field. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|afeld}} Middle English afeld, {{inh|en|ang|on felde|lit=in (the) field|t=afield}} Old English on felde (“afield”, literally “in (the) field”), {{pre|en|a|field|t1=on}} a- (“on”) + field Head templates: {{en-adv}} afield (comparative more afield, superlative most afield)
  1. Away (from the home or starting point, physical or conceptual); usually preceded by far (or farther, further). Translations (digressing from the topic): weg (German), hinaus (German), abseits (German), jenseits (German), fort (German), за́ ра́мками (zá rámkami) [neuter] (Russian), не́ по́ существу́ (né pó suščestvú) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-afield-en-adv-T09vniqA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with a- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 0 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 58 42 0 Disambiguation of 'digressing from the topic': 98 2 0
  2. On the field. Translations (on the field): auf dem Spielfeld (German), auf dem Platz (German), на́ по́ле (ná póle) [neuter] (Russian), в по́ле (v póle) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-afield-en-adv-YTWryBMN Disambiguation of 'on the field': 2 98 0
  3. Out in the open. Translations (out in the open): im Freien (German), unter freiem Himmel (German)
    Sense id: en-afield-en-adv-~xfbRwOS Disambiguation of 'out in the open': 0 0 100

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