NOUN | location | field | a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed |
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location | field, battlefield, battleground, field of battle, field of honor | a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought | |
location | field | somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected | |
cognition | field, discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field of study, study, bailiwick | a branch of knowledge | |
phenomenon | field, field of force, force field | the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it | |
act | field, field of operation, line of business | a particular kind of commercial enterprise | |
state | field, sphere, domain, area, orbit, arena | a particular environment or walk of life | |
location | field, playing field, athletic field, playing area | a piece of land prepared for playing a game / game / game | |
object | field, plain, champaign | extensive tract of level open land | |
group | field | (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 | |
location | field, field of operations, theater, theater of operations, theatre, theatre of operations | a region in which active military operations are in progress | |
group | field | all of the horses in a particular horse race | |
group | field | all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event | |
location | field | a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found | |
group | field | (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information | |
cognition | field, field of view | the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument) | |
artifact | field, airfield, landing field, flying field | a place where planes take off and land | |
VERB | competition | field | catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket |
competition | field | play as a fielder / fielder | |
communication | field | answer adequately or successfully | |
cognition | field | select (a team or individual player) for a game / game / game |
Sounds | fiy'ld | |
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Rhymes | afield ... yield: 36 rhymes with iyld... |
Meaning | A piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed. | |
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Example | "he planted a field of wheat" | |
Narrower | campus | A field on which the buildings of a university are situated |
firebreak, fireguard | A narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire | |
grainfield, grain field | A field / field where grain is grown | |
lawn | A field of cultivated and mowed grass | |
paddy, paddy field, rice paddy | An irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown | |
yard, grounds, curtilage | The enclosed land around a house or other building | |
Broader | tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel | An extended area of land |
Spanish | campo, labrantío, sembradío, terreno | |
Catalan | camp, terreny |
Meaning | A region where a battle is being (or has been) fought. | |
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Example | "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields" | |
Synonyms | battlefield, battleground, field of battle, field of honor | |
Instances | Armageddon | (New Testament) the scene of the final / final battle between the kings of the Earth at the end of the world |
Camlan | (Arthurian legend) the battlefield where King Arthur was mortally wounded | |
Parts | battlefront, front, front line | The line along which opposing armies face each other |
sector | A portion of a military position | |
Broader | tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel | An extended area of land |
Spanish | campo de batalla, campo | |
Catalan | camp de batalla, camp |
Meaning | Somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected. | |
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Example | "anthropologists do much of their work in the field" | |
Broader | region | A large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth |
Spanish | campo | |
Catalan | camp |
Meaning | The space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it. | |
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Synonyms | field of force, force field | |
Narrower | electric field | A field of force surrounding a charged particle |
gravitational field | A field of force surrounding a body of finite mass | |
magnetic field, magnetic flux, flux | The lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle | |
radiation field | A field that represents the energy lost from the radiator to space | |
Broader | physical phenomenon | A natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy |
Spanish | campo de fuerza, campo | |
Catalan | camp |
Meaning | A particular kind of commercial enterprise. | |
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Example | "they are outstanding in their field" | |
Synonyms | field of operation, line of business | |
Broader | commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business | The activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects |
Spanish | género de actividad comercial, línea de producción, ramo de negocio |
Meaning | A particular environment or walk of life. | |
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Synonyms | sphere, domain, area, orbit, arena | |
Narrower | distaff | The sphere of work by women |
front | A sphere of activity involving effort | |
kingdom, land, realm | A domain in which something is dominant | |
lap | An area of control or responsibility | |
political arena, political sphere | A sphere of intense political activity | |
preserve | A domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone | |
province, responsibility | The proper sphere or extent of your activities | |
Broader | environment | The totality of surrounding conditions |
Spanish | ámbito, área, campo, dominio, esfera, órbita, terreno | |
Catalan | àmbit, camp, domini, esfera, òrbita |
Meaning | (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. | |
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Example | "the set of all rational numbers is a field" | |
Category | mathematics, math, maths | A science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic / logic of quantity and shape and arrangement |
Narrower | scalar field | A field of scalars |
Broader | set | (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols |
Spanish | campo, cuerpo | |
Catalan | cos |
Meaning | A region in which active military operations are in progress. | |
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Example | "the army was in the field awaiting action" | |
Synonyms | field of operations, theater, theater of operations, theatre, theatre of operations | |
Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine | The military forces of a nation |
Part of | theater of war, theatre of war | The entire land, sea, and air area that may become or is directly involved in war operations |
Parts | combat zone, combat area | A military area where combat forces operate |
Broader | region | A large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth |
Spanish | teatro |
Meaning | All of the horses in a particular horse race. | |
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Category | horse racing | The sport of racing horses |
Broader | set | A group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used |
Meaning | All the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event. | |
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Broader | set | A group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used |
Meaning | A geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found. | |
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Example | "the diamond fields of South Africa" | |
Narrower | coalfield | A region where there is coal underground |
gasfield | A region where there is natural gas underground | |
oilfield | A region rich in petroleum deposits (especially one with producing oil wells) | |
Broader | geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region | A demarcated area of the Earth |
Meaning | (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information. | |
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Category | computer science, computing | The branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures |
Narrower | bit field | A field containing only binary characters |
Broader | set | A group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used |
Spanish | campo |
Meaning | The area that is visible (as through an optical instrument). | |
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Synonym | field of view | |
Narrower | microscopic field | The areas that is visible through a microscope |
operative field | The area that is open during surgery | |
Broader | visual percept, visual image | A percept that arises from the eyes |
Spanish | campo de visión |
Meaning | catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Broader | handle, palm | touch, lift, or hold with the hands |
Nouns | field | a piece of land prepared for playing a game / game / game |
fielder | a member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting / batting | |
fielding | (baseball) handling the ball while playing in the field |
Meaning | Play as a fielder / fielder. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Category | sport, athletics | An active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition |
Broader | play | participate in games / games or sport |
Nouns | field | a piece of land prepared for playing a game / game / game |
fielder | a member of the baseball team that is in the field instead of at bat | |
fielder | a member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting / batting | |
fielding | (baseball) handling the ball while playing in the field |
Meaning | answer adequately or successfully. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "The lawyer fielded all questions from the press" | |
Broader | answer, reply, respond | React verbally |
Spanish | replicar, responder |
Meaning | select (a team or individual player) for a game / game / game. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Example | "The Buckeyes fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose Bowl" | |
Broader | choose, take, select, pick out | pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives |
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