field work

Practical work conducted by researchers, scientists, or professionals in a natural or real-world environment, rather than in a laboratory or office.

• 🇵🇹Trabalho prático realizado por pesquisadores, cientistas ou profissionais em ambiente natural ou real, e não em laboratório ou escritório. Também pode se referir ao trabalho feito fora da sede da empresa, em visitas a clientes ou locais externos.

1. Practical research B2 formal

   The collection of data or information outside a laboratory, library, or workplace, typically in natural or social sciences.

   • The biologist spent months doing fieldwork in the Amazon rainforest.
   • Sociologists often conduct fieldwork by interviewing local communities.
   • Fieldwork is essential for gathering authentic data in anthropology.

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2. On-site work B2 formal

   Work performed in the actual environment where the subject of study or project is located, rather than in an office.

   • The construction team completed the fieldwork for the new bridge.
   • Geologists do fieldwork to examine rock formations.
   • The survey required extensive fieldwork across several counties.

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