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field Definition
(n)
a
piece
of
land
cleared
of
trees
and
usually
enclosed
; "
he
planted
a
field
of
wheat
"
(n)
a
region
where
a
battle
is
being
(
or
has
been
)
fought
; "
they
made
a
tour
of
Civil
War
battlefields
"
(n)
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
"
(n)
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
"
(n)
the
space
around
a
radiating
body
within
which
its
electromagnetic
oscillations
can
exert
force
on
another
similar
body
not
in
contact
with
it
(n)
a
particular
kind
of
commercial
enterprise
; "
they
are
outstanding
in
their
field
"
(n)
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
"
(n)
a
piece
of
land
prepared
for
playing
a
game
; "
the
home
crowd
cheered
when
Princeton
took
the
field
"
(n)
extensive
tract
of
level
open
land
; "
they
emerged
from
the
woods
onto
a
vast
open
plain
"; "
he
longed
for
the
fields
of
his
youth
"
(n) (
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
"
(n)
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
"
(n)
all
of
the
horses
in
a
particular
horse
race
(n)
all
the
competitors
in
a
particular
contest
or
sporting
event
(n)
a
geographic
region
(
land
or
sea
)
under
which
something
valuable
is
found
; "
the
diamond
fields
of
South
Africa
"
(n) (
computer
science
)
a
set
of
one
or
more
adjacent
characters
comprising
a
unit
of
information
(n)
the
area
that
is
visible
(
as
through
an
optical
instrument
)
(n)
a
place
where
planes
take
off
and
land
(v)
catch
or
pick
up
(
balls
)
in
baseball
or
cricket
(v)
play
as
a
fielder
(v)
answer
adequately
or
successfully
; "
The
lawyer
fielded
all
questions
from
the
press
"
(v)
select
(
a
team
or
individual
player
)
for
a
game
; "
The
Patriots
fielded
a
young
new
quarterback
for
the
Rose
Bowl
"
field Synonyms
airfield
area
arena
athletic field
bailiwick
battlefield
battleground
branch of knowledge
champaign
discipline
domain
field
field of battle
field of force
field of honor
field of operation
field of operations
field of study
field of view
flying field
force field
landing field
line of business
orbit
plain
playing area
playing field
sphere
study
subject
subject area
subject field
theater
theater of operations
theatre
theatre of operations
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