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field Definition

field (fēld)

noun

  1. a wide stretch of open land; plain
  2. a piece of cleared land, set off or enclosed, for raising crops or pasturing livestock
  3. a piece of land used for some particular purpose a landing field
  4. an area of land producing some natural resource a gold field
  5. any wide, unbroken expanse a field of ice
    1. a battlefield
    2. a battle
    1. an area of military operations
    2. a military area away from the post or headquarters
    1. an area where practical work is done, as by a social worker, geologist, etc., away from the central office, laboratory, or the like: usually with the camping equipment tested in the field
    2. a realm of knowledge or of special work or opportunity the field of electronics
  9. an area of observation, as in a microscope
  10. the background, as on a flag or coin
    1. an area where games or athletic events are held
    2. the part of such an area, usually inside a closed racing track, where contests in the high jump, long jump, shot put, pole vault, etc. are held
    3. ☆ in baseball, any part of the outfield a batter who hits to all fields
    4. all the entrants in a contest
    5. all the entrants in a contest except the one(s) specified
  12. Comput. any of the units of storage that are grouped to form a record ()
  13. Heraldry the surface or part of the surface of a shield
  14. Horse Racing those horses, in a race with more than twelve entrants, that are grouped together to function as a unit for betting purposes
  15. Math. a set of numbers or other algebraic elements for which arithmetic operations (except for division by zero) are defined in a consistent manner to yield another element of the set
  16. Physics a region, volume, or space where a specific, measurable force, as gravity or magnetism, exists
  17. TV
    1. the area viewed by the camera
    2. the area that the scanning element covers in one vertical sweep

Etymology: ME feld < OE, akin to Ger feld, Du veld < IE *pelt- < base *pele-, *pla-, flat and broad > L planus, plane, Gr palamē, flat hand

adjective

  1. of, operating in, or held on the field or fields
  2. growing in fields; having a field as its habitat

transitive verb

    1. Baseball, Cricket to catch (a batted or thrown ball)
    2. to put (a team or player) in the field for a game or competition
  2. to position in a given location to field an army
  3. Informal
    1. to answer (a question) extemporaneously
    2. to deal with; handle to field phone calls

intransitive verb

Baseball, Cricket to play as a fielder

field Idioms

keep the field

or hold the field

to continue activity, as in games or military operations

play the field

☆
  1. to take a broad area of operations; not confine one's activities to one object
  2. Informal to date more than one person during the same period of time

take (or leave) the field

to begin (or withdraw from) activity in a game, military operation, etc.

Field Definition

Field (fēld)

  1. Field, Cyrus West 1819-92; U.S. industrialist: promoted the first transatlantic cable

  2. Field, Eugene 1850-95; U.S. journalist & poet

field Synonyms

field

modif.

farm, stock, meadow, outdoor, agricultural, rural, land, soil, earth, earthen, agrarian, bucolic, pastoral.

field Synonyms

field

n.

  1. Open land

    meadow, pasture, clearing, range, acreage, plot, patch, garden, enclosure, land under cultivation, grainfield, hayfield, cornfield, tract of land, cultivated ground, grassland, green, farmland, ranchland, arable land, plowed land, cultivated land, cleared land, moor, moorland, heath, lea, cropland, tract, vineyard, glebe, mead.

  2. An area devoted to sport

    diamond, gridiron, playing field, track, rink, court, course, racecourse, golf course, racetrack, circus, arena, lists, stadium, theater, amphitheater, playground, park, turf, green, hippodrome, fairground; see also arena.

  3. An area devoted to a specialized activity

    airfield, airport, landing field, playing field, terminal, battlefield, battleground, terrain, scene of conflict, theater of war, arena, field of honor, parade ground, range, parking lot; see also airport, battlefield.

  4. An area which can be comprehended in a given way

    field of vision, field of investigation, field of operations, territory, province, domain, bailiwick, purview, sphere, reach, range, area, realm, scope, jurisdiction, field of interest, field of study, discipline, specialty, profession, turf*; see also department 1.

  5. Competitors or available candidates

    entries, entrants, participants, contestants, applicants, nominees, possibilities, contenders, players, suitable candidates.

play the field

experiment, explore, look elsewhere; see examine 1, try 1.

take the field

initiate, start, go forth; see begin 1, campaign 1.

field Synonyms

field

v.

handle, cover, answer, respond to, reply to, parry, take care of, catch, retrieve, pick up.

field Telecom Definition

Synonymous with data field. 1. A location or area in which certain data is located within a block or frame of transmitted data. See also block and frame. 2. A location or area in which certain data is located on a storage medium, particularly in a database record.

field Usage Examples

Preposition: of

vision: Within the field of vision, all people have a blind spot on the retina of the eye which cannot receive visual images.

Converse of object

  • play: The school operates on two sites, separated by playing fields, along a quiet lane.
  • specialize: We have a wealth of knowledge in this specialized field gained through experience in providing a range of services.
  • enter: Enter the second field and continue along the right hand side to the hide.

Adjective modifier

  • magnetic: The giant planets in the outer parts of the solar system all have strong magnetic fields.
  • electric: The stark effect from the applied electric field permits access to normally forbidden energy levels.
  • electromagnetic: Apart from the air itself, electromagnetic fields ( EMFs ) are the most pervasive things in our environment.
  • related: Looking for jobs in meteorology or any related field?
  • chosen: It is also desirable for you to be familiar with basic research methodology and some of the research literature in your chosen field.
  • arable: It mainly grows on heavy clay soils, and favors disturbed ground, as well as the margins of arable fields.

Modifies a noun

  • trip: Please get in contact if you have any queries about the proposed field trip.
  • trial: Also speech data gathered during the field trial was analyzed to give speech recognition accuracy.
  • boundary: His use of natural features and of partially buried field boundary walls gives the course an entirely natural feel.
  • guide: Reading the field guide later I can only assume it was a Rufous Bush Chat.
  • margin: LARGE FIELDS Always Enhance the wildlife value of large fields by sympathetic headland and field margin management.

Noun used with modifier

  • playing: The University Observatory is some ten minutes walk from our main site, in the middle of the University playing fields.
  • rice: White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata Numerous in rice fields at IITA.
  • paddy: The seedlings have been raised elsewhere and are now ready to be planted out in the main paddy field.
  • oil: Why should he, when the Brits kept control of the oil fields?
  • football: A football field of the state's you can rent side of the.