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Meaning of 'field' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Field [ n.]
- Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country.
- A piece of land of considerable size; esp., a piece inclosed for tillage or pasture.
- A place where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself.
- An open space; an extent; an expanse.
- Any blank space or ground on which figures are drawn or projected.
- The space covered by an optical instrument at one view.
- The whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much of it is shown unconcealed by the different bearings upon it. See Illust. of Fess, where the field is represented as gules (red), while the fess is argent (silver).
- An unresticted or favorable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement; province; room.
- A collective term for all the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or for all except the favorites in the betting.
- That part of the grounds reserved for the players which is outside of the diamond; -- called also outfield.
2 . Field [ v. i.]
- To take the field.
- To stand out in the field, ready to catch, stop, or throw the ball.
3 . Field [ v. t.]
- To catch, stop, throw, etc. (the ball), as a fielder.

Meaning of 'field' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . field [ n]
Meaning (1):
- somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected
Example in sentence:
  • anthropologists do much of their work in the field
Meaning (2):
- a branch of knowledge
Example in sentence:
  • anthropology is the study of human beings;
  • in what discipline is his doctorate?;
  • teachers should be well trained in their subject
Meaning (3):
- extensive tract of level open land
Example in sentence:
  • he longed for the fields of his youth;
  • they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain
Meaning (4):
- a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
Example in sentence:
  • he planted a field of wheat
Meaning (5):
- a region in which active military operations are in progress
Example in sentence:
  • he served in the Vietnam theater for three years;
  • the army was in the field awaiting action
Meaning (6):
- a particular environment or walk of life
Example in sentence:
  • he's out of my orbit;
  • his social sphere is limited;
  • it was a closed area of employment
Meaning (7):
- a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found
Example in sentence:
  • the diamond fields of South Africa
Meaning (8):
- a piece of land prepared for playing a game
Example in sentence:
  • the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field
Meaning (9):
- (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
Example in sentence:
  • the set of all rational numbers is a field
Meaning (10):
- a particular kind of commercial enterprise
Example in sentence:
  • they are outstanding in their field
Meaning (11):
- a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
Example in sentence:
  • they made a tour of Civil War battlefields
12 . field [ v]
Meaning (12):
- select (a team or individual player) for a game
Example in sentence:
  • The Buckeyes fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose Bowl
Meaning (13):
- answer adequately or successfully
Example in sentence:
  • The lawyer fielded all questions from the press

Nearby Words:

fie fief fielded fielden fielder fieldfare fielding fieldpiece fieldwork fieldy

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