field

Meaning of field

noun
  1. an area of open land, especially one planted with crops or pasture, typically bounded by hedges or fences.
    a wheat field
    a field of corn
  2. a particular branch of study or sphere of activity or interest.
    we talked to professionals in various fields
  3. a space or range within which objects are visible from a particular viewpoint or through a piece of apparatus.
  4. all the participants in a contest or sport.
    he destroyed the rest of the field with a devastating injection of speed
  5. an area on a flag with a single background colour.
    fifty white stars on a blue field
  6. the region in which a particular condition prevails, especially one in which a force or influence is effective regardless of the presence or absence of a material medium.
  7. a system subject to two binary operations analogous to those for the multiplication and addition of real numbers, and having similar commutative and distributive laws.
verb
  1. attempt to catch or stop the ball and return it after it has been hit by the batsman or batter, thereby preventing runs being scored or base runners advancing.
  2. send out (a team or individual) to play in a game.
    Leeds fielded a team of youngsters
  3. deal with (a difficult question, phone call, etc.).
adjective
  1. carried out or working in the natural environment, rather than in a laboratory or office.
    field observations and interviews

Old English feld (also denoting a large tract of open country; compare with veld), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch veld and German Feld .

Information about field

  • The plural form of field is: fields.
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Hyphenation of field

field

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • field is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

field synonyms

Meaning battlefield:

battlefield, battleground

Meaning discipline:

discipline, subject, study, bailiwick

Meaning sphere:

sphere, domain, area, orbit, arena

Meaning plain:

plain, champaign

Meaning field of operations:

theater, theatre

Meaning airfield:

airfield

Meaning a piece of grassland, especially one used for hay:

meadow

Meaning land covered with grass and other low plants suitable for grazing animals, especially cattle or sheep:

pasture

Meaning a small field or enclosure where horses are kept or exercised:

paddock

Meaning green colour or pigment:

green

Meaning an instrument for writing or drawing with ink, typically consisting of a metal nib or ball, or a nylon tip, fitted into a metal or plastic holder:

pen

Meaning a large open area of country covered with grass, especially one used for grazing:

grassland

Meaning land used as pasture:

pastureland

Meaning an expanse of short grass:

sward

Meaning (in soccer) the pitch:

park

Meaning a pen for livestock, especially cattle or horses, on a farm or ranch:

corral

Meaning a fortified enclosure around a castle:

bawn

Meaning a piece of land serving as part of a clergyman's benefice and providing income:

glebe

Meaning an open area of grassy or arable land:

lea

Meaning an alcoholic drink of fermented honey and water:

mead

Meaning grass-covered ground:

greensward

Meaning an area of special knowledge, interest, or responsibility:

province

Meaning an area of special expertise or responsibility:

department

Meaning a distinct part or branch of a nation's economy or society or of a sphere of activity such as education:

sector

Meaning an area or branch of activity:

line

Meaning a division or office of a large business or organization, operating locally or having a particular function:

branch

Meaning a pursuit, area of study, or skill to which someone has devoted much time and effort and in which they are expert:

specialty

Meaning the process of concentrating on and becoming expert in a particular subject or skill:

specialization

Meaning an area of activity, work, or study that someone concentrates on or is expert in:

specialism

Meaning a thing at which someone excels:

forte

Meaning a specified area of activity or interest:

scene

Meaning a stout seed- or fruit-eating bird with a small head, short legs, and a cooing voice, typically having grey and white plumage:

pigeon

Meaning the extent of the area or subject matter that something deals with or to which it is relevant:

scope

Meaning the area of variation between upper and lower limits on a particular scale:

range

Meaning an act of sweeping something with a brush:

sweep

Meaning the extent or range of something's application, effect, or influence:

reach

Meaning the area covered by something:

extent

Meaning the scope of the influence or concerns of something:

purview

Meaning a point or level beyond which something does not or may not extend or pass:

limits

Meaning the borders or boundaries of a place, especially with regard to their restricting freedom of movement:

confines

Meaning a numerical or other measurable factor forming one of a set that defines a system or sets the conditions of its operation:

parameters

Meaning a leaping movement towards or over something:

bounds

Meaning the line at which the earth's surface and the sky appear to meet:

horizons

Meaning a person who takes part in a sporting contest:

competitors

Meaning a person or group that enters or takes part in something:

entrants

Meaning the person or people over whom one is attempting to establish one's supremacy or superiority; the opposition:

competition

Meaning a person that runs, especially in a specified way:

runners

Meaning a person who makes a formal application for something, especially a job:

applicants

Meaning a person who applies for a job or is nominated for election:

candidates

Meaning a potential candidate for a job or team:

possibles

Meaning a thing that may happen or be the case:

possibilities

Meaning a person likely or hoping to succeed:

hopefuls

Meaning engage in activity for enjoyment and recreation rather than a serious or practical purpose:

play

Meaning feel or manipulate with the hands:

handle

Meaning say or write something as a reaction to someone or something:

answer

Meaning answer (a question or accusation) evasively:

parry

Meaning cause (something) to change direction; turn aside from a straight course:

deflect

Meaning escape or avoid (someone or something), especially by guile or trickery:

evade

Meaning avoid (someone or something) by stepping sideways:

sidestep

Meaning keep away from or stop oneself from doing (something):

avoid

Meaning avoid (someone or something) by a sudden quick movement:

dodge

Meaning a waterbird with a broad blunt bill, short legs, webbed feet, and a waddling gait:

duck

Meaning of or concerned with the actual doing or use of something rather than with theory and ideas:

practical

Meaning (of a subject of study) put to practical use as opposed to being theoretical:

applied

Meaning existing in fact; real:

actual

Meaning engaging or ready to engage in physically energetic pursuits:

active

Meaning involving or based on experience and observation:

experiential

Meaning based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic:

empirical

Meaning another term for empirical:

empiric

field antonyms

Meaning concerned with or involving the theory of a subject or area of study rather than its practical application:

theoretical

Translation of field

Anagrams of field

felid, Fidel, fidel, filed, flied

Words that rhyme with field

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