afield

UK: /əˈfiːld/ US: /əˈfild/ ,(ə fēld′)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

a•field /əˈfild/   adv. Usually: far afield 

1. abroad;
   away from home:
   The tourists came from far afield.
2. away from the subject:
   Your essay has wandered far afield from the topic at hand.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

a•field  (ə fēld′), adv. 

1. abroad;
   away from home.
2. off the beaten path;
   far and wide:
   to go afield in one's reading.
3. off the mark:
   His criticism was totally afield.
4. in or to the field or countryside.
5. beyond the range or field of one's experience, knowledge, acquaintanceship, etc.:
   a philosophy far afield of previous philosophical thought.

• Middle English afelde, Old English on felda. See a-¹, field bef. 1000

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afield / əˈfiːld/ adverb , adjective (postpositive)

1. away from one's usual surroundings or home (esp in the phrase far afield)
2. off the subject; away from the point (esp in the phrase far afield)
3. in or to the field, esp the battlefield