FIELD

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

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