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- DictionaryField/fēld/
noun
- 1. an area of open land, especially one planted with crops or pasture, typically bounded by hedges or fences: "a wheat field" Similar meadowpasturepaddockgreenpengrasslandpasturelandswardparkcorralbawnliterary:glebeleameadgreensward
- ▪ a piece of land used for a particular purpose, especially an area marked out for a game or sport: "a football field" Similar sports fieldgroundplaying fieldrecreation groundarenastadiumpitchinformal:park
- ▪ defensive play or the defensive positions collectively: "he is fast in the field and on the bases"
- ▪ a large area of land or water completely covered in a particular substance, especially snow or ice: "an ice field"
- ▪ an area rich in a natural product, typically oil or gas: "an oil field"
- ▪ a place where a subject of scientific study or of artistic representation can be observed in its natural location or context.
- ▪ an area on which a battle is fought: "a field of battle"
- ▪ a battle: archaic "many a bloody field was to be fought"
- 2. a particular branch of study or sphere of activity or interest: "we talked to professionals in various fields" Similar areaspherearea of activitydisciplineprovincedepartmentdomainsectorlinebranchsubjectspecialityspecialtyspecializationspecialismmétierforteinformal:scenebailiwickpigeon
- ▪ a part of a record, representing an item of data.
- ▪ a general area of meaning within which individual words make particular distinctions.
- 3. a space or range within which objects are visible from a particular viewpoint or through a piece of apparatus: "the stars drift through this telescope's field of view" Similar scoperangesweepreachextentpurviewlimitsconfinesparametersboundshorizons
- 4. all the participants in a contest or sport: "he destroyed the rest of the field with a devastating injection of speed" Similar competitorsentrantscompetitionrunnersapplicantscandidatespossiblespossibilitieshopefuls
- 5. an area on a flag with a single background color: "fifty white stars on a blue field"
- ▪ the surface of an escutcheon or of one of its divisions.
- 6. the region in which a particular condition prevails, especially one in which a force or influence is effective regardless of the presence or absence of a material medium.
- ▪ the force exerted or potentially exerted in a field: "the variation in the strength of the field"
- 7. a system subject to two binary operations analogous to those for the multiplication and addition of real numbers, and having similar commutative and distributive laws.
verb
- 1. play as a fielder.
- ▪ catch or stop (the ball): "he fielded the ball cleanly, but threw it down the right-field line" Similar catchstopretrievereturnthrow back
- 2. send out (a team or individual) to play in a game: "a high school that traditionally fielded mediocre teams" Similar put in the teamsend outplayput up
- ▪ (of a political party) nominate (a candidate) to run in an election: "a radical political party that is beginning to field candidates in local elections"
- ▪ deploy (an army): "no one had the power to field an army of any consequence" Similar deploypositionpoststationrangedispose
- 3. deal with (a difficult question, phone call, etc.): "she has fielded five calls from salespeople" Similar deal withhandlecope withanswerreply torespond toreact toparrydeflectturn asideevadesidestepavoiddodgeanswer evasivelyfend offinformal:duck
adjective
- 1. carried out or working in the natural environment, rather than in a laboratory or office: "field observations" Similar practicalhands-onappliedactualactiveexperientialempiricalin the fieldnontheoreticalrare:empiricOpposite theoretical
- ▪ (of military equipment) light and mobile for use on campaign: "field artillery" Similar mobileportabletransportablemovablemaneuverablelightlightweightrare:portativeOpposite heavy
- ▪ used in names of animals or plants found in the open country, rather than among buildings or as cultivated varieties: "field ant"
- ▪ denoting a game played outdoors on a marked field.
Word Origin Old Englishfeld (also denoting a large tract of open country; compare with veld), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch veld and German Feld.
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