field

/fˈild/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
“he planted a field of wheat”
a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
“they made a tour of Civil War battlefields”
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”
a branch of knowledge
“in what discipline is his doctorate?”
the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it
a particular kind of commercial enterprise
“they are outstanding in their field”
a particular environment or walk of life
“his social sphere is limited”
a piece of land prepared for playing a game
“the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field”
extensive tract of level open land
“they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain”
(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”
a region in which active military operations are in progress
“the army was in the field awaiting action”
all of the horses in a particular horse race

verb

catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket
play as a fielder
answer adequately or successfully
“The lawyer fielded all questions from the press”
select (a team or individual player) for a game
“The Buckeyes fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose Bowl”

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