field
nouns
a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
"he planted a field of wheat"
is a type of (narrower)
an extended area of land
a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
"they made a tour of Civil War battlefields"
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"
is a type of (narrower)
a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth
"penguins inhabit the polar regions"
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"
the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it
a particular kind of commercial enterprise
"they are outstanding in their field"
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"
a piece of land prepared for playing a game
"the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field"
extensive tract of level open land
"they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"
(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"
domain category
a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
is a type of (narrower)
(mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
"the set of prime numbers is infinite"
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"
all of the horses in a particular horse race
is a type of (narrower)
a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
"a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth"
all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event
is a type of (narrower)
a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
"a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth"
a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found
"the diamond fields of South Africa"
is a type of (narrower)
a demarcated area of the Earth
(computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information
domain category
the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
is a type of (narrower)
a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
"a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth"
the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument)
a place where planes take off and land
verbs
catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket
play as a fielder
is a type of (narrower)
participate in games or sport
"We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches"
answer adequately or successfully
"The lawyer fielded all questions from the press"
select (a team or individual player) for a game
"The Buckeyes fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose Bowl"
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