area of land
1 [C] an area of land in the country used for growing crops or keeping animals in, usually surrounded by a fence, etc:
People were working in the fields. * a ploughed field * a field of wheat * We camped in a field near the village.
2 [C] (usually in compounds) an area of land used for the purpose mentioned:
a landing field * a medal for bravery in the field (of battle)
seealsoAIRFIELD, BATTLEFIELD, MINEFIELD
3 [C] (usually in compounds) a large area of land covered with the thing mentioned; an area from which the thing mentioned is obtained:
ice fields in the mountains * gas fields
seealsoCOALFIELD, GOLDFIELD, OILFIELD, SNOWFIELD
subject / activity
4 [C] a particular subject or activity that sb works in or is interested in:
famous in the field of politics / science / music * I enjoy meeting people in other fields of business. * All of them are experts in their chosen field. * This discovery has opened up a whole new field of research. * 'How big was the bomb, if it did all that damage?' 'I don't know. Not my field' (= that is not one of the subjects I know about).
practical work
5 [C] (usually used as an adjective) the fact of people doing practical work or study, rather than working in a classroom or LABORATORY:
a field study / investigation * field research / methods * We then tested the questionnaire in field conditions. * essential reading for those working in the field
seealsoFIELDTRIP, FIELDWORK
in sport
6 (BrE also pitch) [C] (usually in compounds) an area of land used for playing a sport on:
a baseball / rugby / football field * a sports field * Today they take the field (= go on to the field to play a game) against county champions Essex. * Players are only reselected if they retain their form on the field (= when they are playing a match). * For Liverpool fans, it was a night to remember both on and off the field (= the match was good and so were the celebrations afterwards).
seealsoPLAYINGFIELD
7 (in cricket and baseball) [sing.+sing./pl.v.] the team that is trying to catch the ball rather than hit it
8 [sing.+sing./pl.v.] all the people or animals competing in a particular sports event:
The field includes three world record holders.
in business
9 [sing.+sing./pl.v.] all the people or products competing in a particular area of business:
They lead the field in home entertainment systems.
physics
10 [C] (usually in compounds) an area within which the force mentioned has an effect:
the earth's gravitational field * an electro-magnetic field
computing
11 [C] part of a record that is a separate item of data:
You will need to create separate fields for first name, surname and address.
IDIOMS
leave the field clear for sb
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for field is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is field a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, field is tagged as noun.
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