field trip

NOUN

group excursion

Synonyms

WEAK

day trip excursion expedition jaunt junket outing school outing school trip sightseeing tour

Example Sentences

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Between blocks of talks, attendees partake in activities from the glacier show-and-tell to an iNaturalist BioBlitz in Stanley Park to a field trip to the local Renaissance faire.

From Slate • May 8, 2026

“The last call that my aunt and him had was, ‘Mommy, I got home from my field trip.’

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

That was in 1992, and we actually took the cadets on a field trip to Los Alamos where the first nuclear weapon had largely been developed.

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2025

The world's finance ministers on their field trip to Washington have had to assume the world economy will muddle through this.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2025

I got it during a field trip in second grade.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon