Noun
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a place where planes take off and land
- landing field - flying field -
the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument)
- field of view -
(computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information
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a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found
"the diamond fields of South Africa"
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all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event
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all of the horses in a particular horse race
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a region in which active military operations are in progress
"the army was in the field awaiting action"
"he served in the Vietnam theater for three years"
- field of operations - theater of operations - theatre of operations -
(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"
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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"
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a piece of land prepared for playing a game
"the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field"
- playing field - athletic field - playing area -
a particular environment or walk of life
"his social sphere is limited"
"it was a closed area of employment"
"he's out of my orbit"
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a particular kind of commercial enterprise
"they are outstanding in their field"
- field of operation - line of business -
the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it
- field of force - force field -
a branch of knowledge
"in what discipline is his doctorate?"
"teachers should be well trained in their subject"
"anthropology is the study of human beings"
- subject area - subject field - field of study -
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"
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a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
"they made a tour of Civil War battlefields"
- field of battle - field of honor -
a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
"he planted a field of wheat"
Verb
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select (a team or individual player) for a game
"The Buckeyes fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose Bowl"
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answer adequately or successfully
"The lawyer fielded all questions from the press"
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play as a fielder
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catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket