field

Meaning

Noun

1. A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.
2. (plural-normally) A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.
3. A wide, open space that is used to grow crops or to hold farm animals, usually enclosed by a fence, hedge or other barrier.
4. A region containing a particular mineral.
5. An airfield, airport or air base; especially, one with unpaved runways.
6. A place where competitive matches are carried out.
7. A place where competitive matches are carried out.
8. (obsolete) A place where competitive matches are carried out.
9. A place where competitive matches are carried out.
10. A place where competitive matches are carried out.
11. A place where competitive matches are carried out.
12. (metonymically) A place where competitive matches are carried out.
13. Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.
14. Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.
15. Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.
16. Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.
17. Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.
18. Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.
19. Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.
20. Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.
21. Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.
22. Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.
23. Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.
24. Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.
25. Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.
26. (alt-of, archaic) Archaic form of fielder.

Verb

1. (transitive) To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.
2. (intransitive) To be the team catching and throwing the ball, as opposed to hitting it.
3. (transitive) To place (a team, its players, etc.) in a game.
4. (transitive) To answer; to address.
5. (transitive) To execute research (in the field).
6. (transitive) To deploy in the field.

Synonyms

area

plain

sphere

domain

garden

meadow

farm

ground

land

pasture

open country

region

realm

place

arena

acres

branch

rice-field

prairie

lawn

earth

court

farmland

orbit

yard

circle

⭕

arable land

playing field

open space

territory

acre

range

district

plot

profession

plantation

discipline

subject

zone

location

sector

department

line

soil

battlefield

grounds

battleground

plot of land

field of view

paddy field

Translations

champ

campo

campo

Feld

campo

veld

camp

Gebiet

αγρός

Acker

domaine

akker

terrain

πεδίο

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fiːld/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: feeld

Inherited from Old English: feld

Cognate with Scots: feld

Cognate with Northern Frisian: fjild

Cognate with Western Frisian: fjild

Cognate with Dutch: veld

Cognate with German: Feld

Cognate with Swedish: fält

Cognate with Old English: folde

Cognate with Old English: folm

In summary

From Middle English feeld, feld, from Old English feld, from Proto-West Germanic *felþu, from Proto-Germanic *felþuz (“field”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“field, plain”) or *pleth₂- (“flat”) (with schwebeablaut).
Cognate with Scots feld, feild (“field”), North Frisian fial, fälj (“field”), Saterland Frisian Fäild (“field”), West Frisian fjild (“field”), Dutch veld (“field”), German, Luxembourgish Feld (“field”), Vilamovian fald (“field”), Danish, Norwegian felt (“field”), Swedish fält (“field”). Related also to Old English folde (“earth, land, territory”), Old English folm (“palm of the hand”). More at fold.

Sentences

She specializes in the field of ancient glass .

Somewhat in a class by itself is the Z-pinch, which has circular field lines .

Each " field " is subdivided into " groups ", which are further divided into "sub-groups".

Iowa only participated in football and outdoor men's track and field .

Recently automatic reasoners found in semantic web a new field of application .