Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

upfield

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.16 in modern English

Syllables: up-field
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Towards the upper part of a field.

adj

Away from the defending team's end of the playing field.

adj

Describing an NMR resonance at a lower frequency to that of a reference signal.

adv

Towards the upper part of a field.

adv

Away from the defending team's end of the playing field.

name

A surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Henderson, beginning a mini-run in the team with David de Gea on paternity leave, threw out to the left flank and Shaw had only one thought – to rumble upfield."
"The All Blacks drove upfield, using up the remaining moments, and when Joubert blew for another French infringement, the biggest party in New Zealand's history was under way."

Etymology

From up- + field.

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: upp

Usage

Inflected Forms

further upfield (comparative) farther upfield (comparative) furthest upfield (superlative) farthest upfield (superlative) Upfields (plural)

Antonyms

downfield

Questions

What does upfield mean?: Towards the upper part of a field.
Where does upfield come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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