[
US
/ˈfiɫd/
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[ UK /fˈiːld/ ]
[ UK /fˈiːld/ ]
NOUN
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somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected
anthropologists do much of their work in the field -
(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
the set of all rational numbers is a field - all of the horses in a particular horse race
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a region in which active military operations are in progress
he served in the Vietnam theater for three years
the army was in the field awaiting action - the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument)
- (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information
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extensive tract of level open land
they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain
he longed for the fields of his youth -
a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
they made a tour of Civil War battlefields - 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 piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
he planted a field of wheat -
a branch of knowledge
anthropology is the study of human beings
in what discipline is his doctorate?
teachers should be well trained in their subject -
a piece of land prepared for playing a game
the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field -
a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found
the diamond fields of South Africa -
a particular kind of commercial enterprise
they are outstanding in their field - all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event
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a particular environment or walk of life
it was a closed area of employment
his social sphere is limited
he's out of my orbit - a place where planes take off and land
VERB
- catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket
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select (a team or individual player) for a game
The Buckeyes fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose Bowl -
answer adequately or successfully
The lawyer fielded all questions from the press - play as a fielder
How To Use field In A Sentence
- But they want it knocked back into a field of muck and dirt. Times, Sunday Times
- Concentration now had to be aimed at the means of transporting the aircraft from the field to the carrier in Glasgow.
- A few fields have the remains of small sunken stone dwellings, intimate as those at Skara Brae.
- There were a few cows dotted around in the field.
- At the extent of about 1/3 of the center of emission rim, the stimulated field density varies a little, can be basically considered as uniform field.
- The conference began with a Wednesday evening welcome reception, held at Chicago's Field Museum, where 28 mostly Illinois breweries had set up beer stations among two stuffed elephants, a couple of totem poles and a tyrannosaur skeleton. Beer: A celebration of craft brewing
- In a field where biological material is limited, experimental cytogenetic techniques often require only a few cells.
- All Slavic languages, to a greater or lesser degree, have developed from contact with the Urnfield culture.
- We ask for a level playing field when we compete with foreign companies.
- We had to walk across a ploughed field.
