noun
                                                a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - he planted a field of wheat
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - they made a tour of Civil War battlefields
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - anthropologists do much of their work in the field
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                a branch of knowledge
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - in what discipline is his doctorate?
- teachers should be well trained in their subject
- anthropology is the study of human beings
 
                                                                                        
                                                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 kind of commercial enterprise
                                                                                                Synonyms
                                                
                                                                                                                                                                        field of operation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                line of business
                                                                                                                                                            
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - they are outstanding in their field
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                a particular environment or walk of life
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - his social sphere is limited
- it was a closed area of employment
- he's out of my orbit
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                a piece of land prepared for playing a game
                                                                                                Synonyms
                                                
                                                                                                                                                                        playing field
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                athletic field
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                playing area
                                                                                                                                                            
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                extensive tract of level open land
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain
- he longed for the fields of his youth
 
                                                                                        
                                                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
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - the set of all rational numbers is a field
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                a region in which active military operations are in progress
                                                                                                Synonyms
                                                
                                                                                                                                                                        field of operations
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                theater
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                theater of operations
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                theatre
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                theatre of operations
                                                                                                                                                             
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - the army was in the field awaiting action
- he served in the Vietnam theater for three years
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                all of the horses in a particular horse race
                                                
                                                                                             
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event
                                                
                                                                                             
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - the diamond fields of South Africa
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information
                                                
                                                                                             
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument)
                                                                                                Synonyms
                                                
                                                                                                                                                                        field of view
                                                                                                                                                            
                                                
                                                                                             
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                a place where planes take off and land
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                                                verb
                                                catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket
                                                
                                                                                             
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                answer adequately or successfully
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - The lawyer fielded all questions from the press
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                select (a team or individual player) for a game
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - The Buckeyes fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose Bowl