field

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[edit] English

Most common English words: Indian « produce « drawn « #827: field » street » attempt » soft

[edit] Etymology

From Old English feld, from Proto-Germanic; related to Latin planus and English floor.

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[edit] Noun

Singular
field

Plural
fields

field (plural fields)

  1. A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country.
  2. A wide, open space that is usually used to grow crops or to hold farm animals.
  3. The open country near or belonging to a city -- usually used in plural.
  4. (physics) A region affected by a particular force.
    magnetic field
  5. A course of study or domain of knowledge or practice.
  6. (mathematics) A set having two operations called addition and multiplication under both of which all the elements of the set are commutative and associative; for which multiplication distributes over addition; and for both of which there exist an identity element and an inverse element.
    The set of rational numbers, \mathbb{Q}, is the prototypical field.
  7. (sports) An area reserved for playing a game.
    soccer field
  8. (geology) A region containing a particular mineral.
    oil field or oilfield
    gold field or goldfield
  9. (heraldry) The background of the shield
  10. (computing) An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value.

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  • (course of study or domain of knowledge): area, domain, sphere
  • (sports: area reserved for playing a game): course (for golf), court (for racquet sports), ground, pitch (for soccer, rugby, cricket)

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[edit] Translations

land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country
wide, open space used to grow crops or to hold farm animals
physics: region affected by a particular force
course of study or domain of knowledge or practice
in mathematics
sports: area reserved for playing a game
geology: region containing a particular mineral
heraldry: background of the shield
computing: area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value
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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to field

Third person singular
fields

Simple past
fielded

Past participle
fielded

Present participle
fielding

to field (third-person singular simple present fields, present participle fielding, simple past and past participle fielded)

  1. (transitive, sports) To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.
  2. (transitive, sports) To place a team in (a game).
  3. (transitive) To answer; to address.
    She will field questions immediately after her presentation.

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intercept or catch
place a team
to answer; to address
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püüdma ning tagasi lööma (1); võistluseks välja viima (2)

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