English dictionary
field
/f/i/ld/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
ExamplesHe planted a field of wheat.
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a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
ExamplesThey made a tour of Civil War battlefields.
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somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected
ExamplesAnthropologists do much of their work in the field.
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a branch of knowledge
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the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it
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a particular kind of commercial enterprise
ExamplesThey are outstanding in their field.
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a particular environment or walk of life
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a piece of land prepared for playing a game
ExamplesThe home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field.
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extensive tract of level open land
ExamplesHe longed for the fields of his youth.
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(mathematics) a set of elements such that addition and multiplication are commutative and associative and multiplication is distributive over addition and there are two elements 0 and 1
ExamplesThe set of all rational numbers is a field.
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a region in which active military operations are in progress
ExamplesThe army was in the field awaiting action.
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all of the horses in a particular horse race
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all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event
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a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found
ExamplesThe diamond fields of South Africa.
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(computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information
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the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument)
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a place where planes take off and land
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Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country.
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verb
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catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket
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play as a fielder
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answer adequately or successfully
ExamplesThe lawyer fielded all questions from the press.
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select (a team or individual player) for a game
ExamplesThe Buckeyes fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose Bowl.
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To take the field.
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To catch, stop, throw, etc. (the ball), as a fielder.
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