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Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. field(noun)

   a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed

   "he planted a field of wheat"

2. battlefield, battleground, field of battle, field of honor, field(noun)

   a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought

   "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields"

3. field(noun)

   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"

4. discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick(noun)

   a branch of knowledge

   "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"

5. field, field of force, force field(noun)

   the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it

6. field, field of operation, line of business(noun)

   a particular kind of commercial enterprise

   "they are outstanding in their field"

7. sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena(noun)

   a particular environment or walk of life

   "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"

8. playing field, athletic field, playing area, field(noun)

   a piece of land prepared for playing a game

   "the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field"

9. plain, field, champaign(noun)

   extensive tract of level open land

   "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"

10. field(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

    "the set of all rational numbers is a field"

11. field, field of operations, theater, theater of operations, theatre, theatre of operations(noun)

    a region in which active military operations are in progress

    "the army was in the field awaiting action"; "he served in the Vietnam theater for three years"

12. field(noun)

    all of the horses in a particular horse race

13. field(noun)

    all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event

14. field(noun)

    a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found

    "the diamond fields of South Africa"

15. field(noun)

    (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information

16. field, field of view(noun)

    the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument)

17. airfield, landing field, flying field, field(verb)

    a place where planes take off and land

18. field(verb)

    catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket

19. field(verb)

    play as a fielder

20. field(verb)

    answer adequately or successfully

    "The lawyer fielded all questions from the press"

21. field(verb)

    select (a team or individual player) for a game

    "The Buckeyes fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose Bowl"

GCIDE(2.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. field(n.)

   (Sports) An open, usually flat, piece of land on which a sports contest is played; a playing field; as, a football field; a baseball field.

   Etymology: [OE. feld, fild, AS. feld; akin to D. veld, G. feld, Sw. flt, Dan. felt, Icel. fold field of grass, AS. folde earth, land, ground, OS. folda.]

2. field(n.)

   (Physics) The influence of a physical object, such as an electrically charged body, which is capable of exerting force on objects at a distance; also, the region of space over which such an influence is effective; as, the earth's gravitational field; an electrical field; a magnetic field; a force field.

   Etymology: [OE. feld, fild, AS. feld; akin to D. veld, G. feld, Sw. flt, Dan. felt, Icel. fold field of grass, AS. folde earth, land, ground, OS. folda.]

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. field(Noun)

   A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country.

   There are several species of wild flowers growing in this field.

   Etymology: From field, feeld, feld, from feld, from felþuz, from pelh₂-. Cognate with feld, feild, fjild, West Frisian fjild, Dutch veld, German Feld, Swedish fält. Related also to folde, folm. More at fold.

2. field(Noun)

   A wide, open space that is usually used to grow crops or to hold farm animals.

   Etymology: From field, feeld, feld, from feld, from felþuz, from pelh₂-. Cognate with feld, feild, fjild, West Frisian fjild, Dutch veld, German Feld, Swedish fält. Related also to folde, folm. More at fold.

3. field(Noun)

   The open country near or belonging to a city -- usually used in plural.

   Etymology: From field, feeld, feld, from feld, from felþuz, from pelh₂-. Cognate with feld, feild, fjild, West Frisian fjild, Dutch veld, German Feld, Swedish fält. Related also to folde, folm. More at fold.

4. field(Noun)

   A region affected by a particular force.

   magnetic field

   Etymology: From field, feeld, feld, from feld, from felþuz, from pelh₂-. Cognate with feld, feild, fjild, West Frisian fjild, Dutch veld, German Feld, Swedish fält. Related also to folde, folm. More at fold.

5. field(Noun)

   A course of study or domain of knowledge or practice.

   He was an expert in the field of Chinese history.

   Etymology: From field, feeld, feld, from feld, from felþuz, from pelh₂-. Cognate with feld, feild, fjild, West Frisian fjild, Dutch veld, German Feld, Swedish fält. Related also to folde, folm. More at fold.

6. field(Noun)

   An area that can be seen at a given time.

   Etymology: From field, feeld, feld, from feld, from felþuz, from pelh₂-. Cognate with feld, feild, fjild, West Frisian fjild, Dutch veld, German Feld, Swedish fält. Related also to folde, folm. More at fold.

7. field(Noun)

   A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield.

   Etymology: From field, feeld, feld, from feld, from felþuz, from pelh₂-. Cognate with feld, feild, fjild, West Frisian fjild, Dutch veld, German Feld, Swedish fält. Related also to folde, folm. More at fold.

8. field(Noun)

   An area reserved for playing a game.

   Etymology: From field, feeld, feld, from feld, from felþuz, from pelh₂-. Cognate with feld, feild, fjild, West Frisian fjild, Dutch veld, German Feld, Swedish fält. Related also to folde, folm. More at fold.

9. field(Noun)

   A realm of practical, direct, or natural operation, contrasting with an office, classroom, or laboratory.

   Etymology: From field, feeld, feld, from feld, from felþuz, from pelh₂-. Cognate with feld, feild, fjild, West Frisian fjild, Dutch veld, German Feld, Swedish fält. Related also to folde, folm. More at fold.

10. field(Verb)

    To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.

    Etymology: From field, feeld, feld, from feld, from felþuz, from pelh₂-. Cognate with feld, feild, fjild, West Frisian fjild, Dutch veld, German Feld, Swedish fält. Related also to folde, folm. More at fold.

11. field(Verb)

    To be the team catching and throwing the ball, as opposed to hitting it.

    The blue team are fielding first, while the reds are batting.

    Etymology: From field, feeld, feld, from feld, from felþuz, from pelh₂-. Cognate with feld, feild, fjild, West Frisian fjild, Dutch veld, German Feld, Swedish fält. Related also to folde, folm. More at fold.

12. field(Verb)

    To place a team in (a game).

    The away team fielded two new players and the second-choice goalkeeper.

    Etymology: From field, feeld, feld, from feld, from felþuz, from pelh₂-. Cognate with feld, feild, fjild, West Frisian fjild, Dutch veld, German Feld, Swedish fält. Related also to folde, folm. More at fold.

13. field(Verb)

    To answer; to address.

    She will field questions immediately after her presentation.

    Etymology: From field, feeld, feld, from feld, from felþuz, from pelh₂-. Cognate with feld, feild, fjild, West Frisian fjild, Dutch veld, German Feld, Swedish fält. Related also to folde, folm. More at fold.

14. field(Noun)

    A set having two operations called addition and multiplication under both of which all the elements of the set are commutative and associative; for which multiplication distributes over addition; and for both of which there exist an identity element and an inverse element (except for the additive identity).

    The set of rational numbers, uE00027132uE001, is the prototypical field.

    Etymology: From field, feeld, feld, from feld, from felþuz, from pelh₂-. Cognate with feld, feild, fjild, West Frisian fjild, Dutch veld, German Feld, Swedish fält. Related also to folde, folm. More at fold.

15. field(Noun)

    A region containing a particular mineral.

    oil field; gold field

    Etymology: From field, feeld, feld, from feld, from felþuz, from pelh₂-. Cognate with feld, feild, fjild, West Frisian fjild, Dutch veld, German Feld, Swedish fält. Related also to folde, folm. More at fold.

16. field(Noun)

    The background of the shield

    Etymology: From field, feeld, feld, from feld, from felþuz, from pelh₂-. Cognate with feld, feild, fjild, West Frisian fjild, Dutch veld, German Feld, Swedish fält. Related also to folde, folm. More at fold.

17. field(Noun)

    An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value.

    Etymology: From field, feeld, feld, from feld, from felþuz, from pelh₂-. Cognate with feld, feild, fjild, West Frisian fjild, Dutch veld, German Feld, Swedish fält. Related also to folde, folm. More at fold.

18. field(Noun)

    A component of a database record in which a single unit of information is stored.

    Etymology: From field, feeld, feld, from feld, from felþuz, from pelh₂-. Cognate with feld, feild, fjild, West Frisian fjild, Dutch veld, German Feld, Swedish fält. Related also to folde, folm. More at fold.

19. field(Noun)

    A physical or virtual location for the input of information in the form of characters.

    The form has fields for each element of the customer's home address and ship-to address.

    Etymology: From field, feeld, feld, from feld, from felþuz, from pelh₂-. Cognate with feld, feild, fjild, West Frisian fjild, Dutch veld, German Feld, Swedish fält. Related also to folde, folm. More at fold.

20. field(Noun)

    The team in a match who is throwing the ball and trying to catch the ball hit by the other team (the bat).

    Etymology: From field, feeld, feld, from feld, from felþuz, from pelh₂-. Cognate with feld, feild, fjild, West Frisian fjild, Dutch veld, German Feld, Swedish fält. Related also to folde, folm. More at fold.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Field(noun)

   cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country

   Etymology: [OE. feld, fild, AS. feld; akin to D. veld, G. feld, Sw. flt, Dan. felt, Icel. fold field of grass, AS. folde earth, land, ground, OS. folda.]

2. Field(noun)

   a piece of land of considerable size; esp., a piece inclosed for tillage or pasture

   Etymology: [OE. feld, fild, AS. feld; akin to D. veld, G. feld, Sw. flt, Dan. felt, Icel. fold field of grass, AS. folde earth, land, ground, OS. folda.]

3. Field(noun)

   a place where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself

   Etymology: [OE. feld, fild, AS. feld; akin to D. veld, G. feld, Sw. flt, Dan. felt, Icel. fold field of grass, AS. folde earth, land, ground, OS. folda.]

4. Field(noun)

   an open space; an extent; an expanse

   Etymology: [OE. feld, fild, AS. feld; akin to D. veld, G. feld, Sw. flt, Dan. felt, Icel. fold field of grass, AS. folde earth, land, ground, OS. folda.]

5. Field(noun)

   any blank space or ground on which figures are drawn or projected

   Etymology: [OE. feld, fild, AS. feld; akin to D. veld, G. feld, Sw. flt, Dan. felt, Icel. fold field of grass, AS. folde earth, land, ground, OS. folda.]

6. Field(noun)

   the space covered by an optical instrument at one view

   Etymology: [OE. feld, fild, AS. feld; akin to D. veld, G. feld, Sw. flt, Dan. felt, Icel. fold field of grass, AS. folde earth, land, ground, OS. folda.]

7. Field(noun)

   the whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much of it is shown unconcealed by the different bearings upon it. See Illust. of Fess, where the field is represented as gules (red), while the fess is argent (silver)

   Etymology: [OE. feld, fild, AS. feld; akin to D. veld, G. feld, Sw. flt, Dan. felt, Icel. fold field of grass, AS. folde earth, land, ground, OS. folda.]

8. Field(noun)

   an unresticted or favorable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement; province; room

   Etymology: [OE. feld, fild, AS. feld; akin to D. veld, G. feld, Sw. flt, Dan. felt, Icel. fold field of grass, AS. folde earth, land, ground, OS. folda.]

9. Field(noun)

   a collective term for all the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or for all except the favorites in the betting

   Etymology: [OE. feld, fild, AS. feld; akin to D. veld, G. feld, Sw. flt, Dan. felt, Icel. fold field of grass, AS. folde earth, land, ground, OS. folda.]

10. Field(noun)

    that part of the grounds reserved for the players which is outside of the diamond; -- called also outfield

    Etymology: [OE. feld, fild, AS. feld; akin to D. veld, G. feld, Sw. flt, Dan. felt, Icel. fold field of grass, AS. folde earth, land, ground, OS. folda.]

11. Field(verb)

    to take the field

    Etymology: [OE. feld, fild, AS. feld; akin to D. veld, G. feld, Sw. flt, Dan. felt, Icel. fold field of grass, AS. folde earth, land, ground, OS. folda.]

12. Field(verb)

    to stand out in the field, ready to catch, stop, or throw the ball

    Etymology: [OE. feld, fild, AS. feld; akin to D. veld, G. feld, Sw. flt, Dan. felt, Icel. fold field of grass, AS. folde earth, land, ground, OS. folda.]

13. Field(verb)

    to catch, stop, throw, etc. (the ball), as a fielder

    Etymology: [OE. feld, fild, AS. feld; akin to D. veld, G. feld, Sw. flt, Dan. felt, Icel. fold field of grass, AS. folde earth, land, ground, OS. folda.]

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1. Field

   In agriculture, the word field refers generally to an area of land enclosed or otherwise and used for agricultural purposes such as: ⁕Cultivating crops ⁕Usage as a paddock or, generally, an enclosure of livestock ⁕Land left to lie fallow or as arable land ⁕ A green field or paddock with Hereford cattle. ⁕ A summer field. ⁕ Two women in a field. ⁕ Sown fields in an open field system of farming. ⁕ A rare green summer fields

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Field

   fēld, n. country or open country in general: a piece of ground enclosed for tillage or pasture: the range of any series of actions or energies: the locality of a battle: the battle itself: room for action of any kind: a wide expanse: (her.) the surface of a shield: the background on which figures are drawn: the part of a coin left unoccupied by the main device: those taking part in a hunt: all the entries collectively against which a single contestant has to compete: all the parties not individually excepted, as 'to bet on the field' in a horse-race.—v.t. at cricket and base-ball, to catch or stop and return to the fixed place.—v.i. to stand in positions so as to catch the ball easily in cricket.—ns. Field′-allow′ance, a small extra payment to officers on active service; Field′-artill′ery, light ordnance suited for active operations in the field; Field′-bed, a camp or trestle bedstead; Field′-book, a book used in surveying fields.—n.pl. Field′-col′ours, small flags used for marking the position for companies and regiments, also any regimental headquarters' flags.—n. Field′-day, a day when troops are drawn out for instruction in field exercises: any day of unusual bustle.—adj. Field′ed (Shak.), encamped.—ns. Field′er, one who fields; Field′fare, a species of thrush, having a reddish-yellow throat and breast spotted with black; Field′-glass, a binocular telescope slung over the shoulder in a case; Field′-gun, a light cannon mounted on a carriage; Field′-hand, an outdoor farm labourer; Field′-hos′pital, a temporary hospital near the scene of battle; Field′-ice, ice formed in the polar seas in large surfaces, distinguished from icebergs; Field′ing, the acting in the field at cricket as distinguished from batting; Field′-mar′shal, an officer of the highest rank in the army; Field′-meet′ing, a conventicle; Field′-mouse, a species of mouse that lives in the fields; Field′-night, a night marked by some important gathering, discussion, &c.; Field′-off′icer, a military officer above the rank of captain, and below that of general; Field′piece, a cannon or piece of artillery used in the field of battle; Field′-preach′er, one who preaches in the open air; Field′-preach′ing; Fields′man, a fielder.—n.pl. Field′-sports, sports of the field, as hunting, racing, &c.—n. Field′-train, a department of the Royal Artillery responsible for the safety and supply of ammunition during war.—advs. Field′ward, -wards, toward the fields.—n.pl. Field′works, temporary works thrown up by troops in the field, either for protection or to cover an attack upon a stronghold.—Field of vision, the compass of visual po

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. field

   The country in which military operations are being carried on; the scene of a conflict.--Taking the field, quitting cantonments, and going on active service.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. field

   A cleared space or plain where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself. To take the field means to commence active operations against an enemy.

2. field

   In heraldry, the surface of a shield; hence, any blank space or ground on which figures are drawn or projected.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. field

   A component of a database or type of software.

   The database field has data input and the data is defined accurately.

   Submitted by MaryC on April 11, 2020  

2. field

   A piece of land.

   The farmers use their field for various purposes.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 3, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'field' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #663

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'field' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1239

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'field' in Nouns Frequency: #181

Anagrams for field »

1. filed

2. flied

3. felid

How to pronounce field?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of field in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of field in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of field in a Sentence

1. Jim Boulton:

   Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many players on the field

2. Vishnu Varathan:

   There certainly is going to be pronounced risks mainly because we've now moved on to the tit-for-tat-for-tit phase of it, this is going to drag on until they can all come to the table and agree to even the playing field. But the unpredictability of the situation continues to rattle the markets.

3. Merle Black:

   The South was whatever happened in South Carolina, and then that kind of took care of the South, narrowed the field down, so you didn’t have this kind of concerted effort to get a candidate who could appeal across the entire Deep South.

4. J. William Galbraith:

   Familiarity may breed contempt in some areas of human behavior, but in the field of social ideas it is the touchstone of acceptability.

5. National Football League:

   Due to public safety concerns in light of the ongoing weather emergency in western New York, Sunday's Jets-Bills game has been rescheduled to Monday night at 7 p.m. ET (0000 GMT) and relocated to Ford Field in Detroit, Public safety resources in western New York must be fully available to deal with the recovery from the storm.

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