field

noun

1. 1

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

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

2. 2

   A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country. The open country near or belonging to a town or city.

   I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts, and I by others not less disturbing.

3. 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.

   There were some cows grazing in a field.

   A crop circle was made in a corn field.

   The castled crag of Drachenfels Frowns o’er the wide and winding Rhine Whose breast of waters broadly swells Between the banks which bear the vine And hills all rich with blossomed trees And fields which promise corn and wine And scatter’d cities crowning these Whose far white walls along them shine, Have strew’d a scene, which I should see With double joy wert thou with mo.

   Anstruther laughed good-naturedly. “[…] I shall take out half a dozen intelligent maistries from our Press and get them to give our villagers instruction when they begin work and when they are in the fields.”

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   A wide, open space that is used to grow crops or to hold farm animals, usually enclosed by a fence, hedge or other barrier. When coupled with a number (e.g. two-field) used to define types of crop rotation, denoting the number of different crop types (and possibly fallow) that are used.

5. 5

   A region containing a particular mineral.

   an oil field; a gold field

6. 6

   An airfield, airport or air base; especially, one with unpaved runways.

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   A place where competitive matches are carried out. A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield.

   Tarry, sweet soul, for mine; then fly abreast, As in this glorious and well-foughten field We kept together in our chivalry!

   […] What though the field be lost? All is not lost; th’ unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield, And what is else not to be overcome; That glory never shall his wrath or might!

8. 8

   A place where competitive matches are carried out. An area reserved for playing a game or race with one’s physical force.

   soccer field

   Substitutes are only allowed onto the field after their boots are checked.

9. 9

   obsoleteA place where competitive matches are carried out. An area reserved for playing a game or race with one’s physical force. The team in a match that throws the ball and tries to catch it when it is hit by the other team (the bat).

10. 10

    A place where competitive matches are carried out. An area reserved for playing a game or race with one’s physical force. The outfield.

11. 11

    A place where competitive matches are carried out. A place where competitive matches are carried out with figures, or playing area in a board game or a computer game.

12. 12

    A place where competitive matches are carried out. A competitive situation, circumstance in which one faces conflicting moves of rivals.

    Dr. Finn understood enough of elections for Parliament, and of the nature of boroughs, to be aware that a candidate’s chance of success is very much improved by being early in the field.

13. 13

    A place where competitive matches are carried out. All of the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or all except the favourites in the betting.

    This racehorse is the strongest in a weak field.

14. 14

    Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors. A physical phenomenon (such as force, potential or fluid velocity) that pervades a region; a mathematical model of such a phenomenon that associates each point and time with a scalar, vector or tensor quantity.

    magnetic field; gravitational field; scalar field

15. 15

    Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors. Any of certain structures serving cognition. The extent of a given perception.

    field of view

16. 16

    Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors. Any of certain structures serving cognition. A realm of practical, direct or natural operation, contrasted with an office, classroom, or laboratory.

    The design needs to be field-tested before we commit to manufacture.

    Field work traditionally distinguishes true archaeologists from armchair archaeologists.

    He needs some time in the field before his judgment can be trusted.

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    Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors. Any of certain structures serving cognition. A domain of study, knowledge or practice.

    As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field.

    He was an expert in the field of Chinese history.

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    Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors. Any of certain structures serving cognition. An unrestricted or favourable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement.

    Tidings had reached her of this and the other man’s success, and,—coming near to her still,—of this and that other woman’s earnings in literature. And it had seemed to her that, within moderate limits, she might give a wide field to her hopes.

19. 19

    Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors. Any of certain structures serving cognition. A non-zero commutative ring in which all non-zero elements are invertible; a simple commutative ring.

    The set of rational numbers, #92;mathbb#123;Q#125;, is the prototypical field.

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    Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors. A physical or virtual location for the input of information in the form of symbols. The background of the shield.

    The field of the arms (shield), which is vert (green), represents the open country of Great Britain.

21. 21

    Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors. A physical or virtual location for the input of information in the form of symbols. The background of the flag.

22. 22

    Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors. A physical or virtual location for the input of information in the form of symbols. The part of a coin left unoccupied by the main device.

23. 23

    Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors. A physical or virtual location for the input of information in the form of symbols. A section of a form which is supposed to be filled with data.

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

    PHP 5 Forms Required Fields at W3Schools From the validation rules table on the previous page, we see that the "Name", "E-mail", and "Gender" fields are required. These fields cannot be empty and must be filled out in the HTML form.

24. 24

    Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors. A physical or virtual location for the input of information in the form of symbols. A component of a database in which a single unit of information is stored.

25. 25

    Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors. A physical or virtual location for the input of information in the form of symbols. An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value, subject to virtual access controls.

    Read-only fields allow you to establish a point of data whose value is not known at compile time, but that should never change once established.

26. 26

    Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors. Part (usually one half) of a frame in an interlaced signal.

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    Variant of fielderarchaicArchaic form of fielder.

    The manager should always choose his own Eleven; and, we have already hinted that fielding, rather than batting, is the qualification. A good field is sure to save runs, though the best batsman may not make any.

verb

1. 1

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

2. 2

   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.

3. 3

   To place (a team, its players, etc.) in a game.

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

   On balance, it was harsh on Hearts, who had given as good as they got against their more-fancied opponents, who, despite not being at full strength, fielded a multi-million pound team.

4. 4

   To answer; to address.

   She will field questions immediately after her presentation.

5. 5

   To execute research (in the field).

   He fielded the marketing survey about the upcoming product.

6. 6

   To deploy in the field.

   to field a new land-mine detector

Forms

plural

fields

past tense

fielded

past participle

fielded

present participle

fielding

third person singular

fields