field

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English field, feeld, feld, from Old English feld (“field, pasture, plain, open country”), from Proto-Germanic *felduz (“field”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“field, plain”). Cognate with West Frisian fjild (“field”), Dutch veld (“field”), German Feld (“field”), Swedish fält (“field”), Old English folde (“earth, land, territory”). The English spelling with -ie- is probably due to Anglo-Norman influence (cf. brief, piece). More at fold.

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field (plural fields)

  1. A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country.
    There are several species of wild flowers growing in this field.
  2. A wide, open space that is usually used to grow crops or to hold farm animals.
    There were some cows grazing in a field.
    A crop circle was made in a corn field.
  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.
    He was an expert in the field of Chinese history.
  6. (algebra) 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 (except for the additive identity).
    The set of rational numbers, \mathbb{Q}, is the prototypical field.
  7. (sports) An area reserved for playing a game.
    soccer field
    Substitutes are only allowed onto the field after their boots are checked.
  8. (geology) A region containing a particular mineral.
    oil field or oilfield
    gold field or goldfield
  9. An area that can be seen at a given time.
  10. A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield.
  11. (heraldry) The background of the shield
  12. (computing) An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value.
  13. (baseball) The team in a match who is throwing the ball and trying to catch the ball hit by the other team (the bat).

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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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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

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. (baseball, softball, cricket, and other batting sports) To be the team catching and throwing the ball, as opposed to hitting it.
    The blue team are fielding first, while the reds are batting.
  3. (transitive, sports) To place a team in (a game).
    The away team fielded two new players and the second-choice goalkeeper.
  4. (transitive) To answer; to address.
    She will field questions immediately after her presentation.

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  • (be the team throwing and catching the ball): bat

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intercept or catch
to be the team catching and throwing the ball
place a team
to answer; to address
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  • [1] - Etymology of "field"
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