Field Meaning
There are 21 meaning(s) for word Field
Meaning 1 : a branch of knowledge
Synonyms : bailiwick, discipline, field of study, study, subject, subject area, subject field
Synonyms : bailiwick, discipline, field of study, study, subject, subject area, subject field
Meaning 2 : a particular kind of commercial enterprise
Example : they are outstanding in their field
Synonyms : field of operation, line of business
Example : they are outstanding in their field
Synonyms : field of operation, line of business
Meaning 3 : the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument)
Synonyms : field of view
Synonyms : field of view
Meaning 5 : 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
Synonyms : field of force, force field
Meaning 6 : a piece of land prepared for playing a game
Example : the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field
Synonyms : athletic field, playing area, playing field
Example : the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field
Synonyms : athletic field, playing area, playing field
Meaning 8 : extensive tract of level open land
Example : he longed for the fields of his youth
Synonyms : champaign, plain
Example : he longed for the fields of his youth
Synonyms : champaign, plain
Meaning 9 : a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
Example : they made a tour of Civil War battlefields
Synonyms : battlefield, battleground, field of battle, field of honor
Example : they made a tour of Civil War battlefields
Synonyms : battlefield, battleground, field of battle, field of honor
Meaning 10 : a region in which active military operations are in progress
Example : the army was in the field awaiting action
Synonyms : field of operations, theater, theater of operations, theatre, theatre of operations
Example : the army was in the field awaiting action
Synonyms : field of operations, theater, theater of operations, theatre, theatre of operations
Meaning 11 : a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found
Example : the diamond fields of South Africa
Example : the diamond fields of South Africa
Meaning 12 : all of the horses in a particular horse race
Meaning 13 : all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event
Meaning 14 : answer adequately or successfully
Example : The lawyer fielded all questions from the press
Example : The lawyer fielded all questions from the press
Meaning 15 : a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
Example : he planted a field of wheat
Example : he planted a field of wheat
Meaning 16 : catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket
Meaning 17 : (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information
Meaning 18 : (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
Example : the set of all rational numbers is a field
Example : the set of all rational numbers is a field
Meaning 19 : play as a fielder
Meaning 20 : select (a team or individual player) for a game
Example : The Buckeyes fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose Bowl
Example : The Buckeyes fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose Bowl
Meaning 21 : somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected
Example : anthropologists do much of their work in the field
Example : anthropologists do much of their work in the field
How to Pronounce Field
- fild