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(fiːld ) Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense fields, present participle fielding, past tense, past participle fielded1. countable noun A2 A field is an area of grass, for example in a park or on a farm. A field is also an area of land on which a crop is grown. ...a field of wheat. [+ of] They went for walks together in the fields. Synonyms: meadow, land, green, lea [poetic] More Synonyms of field 2. countable noun B1 A sports field is an area of grass where sports are played. ...a football field. He was the fastest thing I ever saw on a baseball field. The player was helped from the field with ankle injuries. Synonyms: pitch, park, ground, arena More Synonyms of field 3. countable noun A field is an area of land or sea bed under which large amounts of a particular mineral have been found. ...an extensive natural gas field in Alaska. 4. countable noun A magnetic, gravitational, or electric field is the area in which that particular force is strong enough to have an effect. Electromagnetic fields from electric power lines might increase the risk of cancer. 5. countable noun B2 A particular field is a particular subject of study or type of activity. Exciting artistic breakthroughs have recently occurred in the fields of painting, sculpture and architecture. [+ of] She is said to be one of the leading experts in her field. 6. countable noun A field is an area of a computer's memory or a program where data can be entered, edited, or stored. [computing] Put your postcode into the website search field to find local support services. 7. countable noun A field is a set of one or more characters that makes up a unit of information. [computing] 8. countable noun You can refer to the area where fighting or other military action in a war takes place as the field or the field of battle. We never defeated them on the field of battle. [+ of] ...the need for politicians to leave day-to-day decisions to commanders in the field. 9. countable noun Your field of vision or your visual field is the area that you can see without turning your head. Our field of vision is surprisingly wide. Synonyms: line, reach, range, limits More Synonyms of field 10. countable noun [with singular or plural verb, usually singular] The field is a way of referring to all the competitors taking part in a particular race or sports contest. Going into the fourth lap, the two most broadly experienced riders led the field. The field were so close that they would have caught us if I hadn't begun the sprint. ...one of the strongest fields ever assembled for the Women's Bowling Association championship. Synonyms: competitors, competition, candidates, runners More Synonyms of field 11. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] You use field to describe work or study that is done in a real, natural environment rather than in a theoretical way or in controlled conditions. I also conducted a field study among the boys about their attitude to relationships. Our teachers took us on field trips to observe plants and animals, firsthand. The man offering help is a field worker. Synonyms: practical, applied, empirical More Synonyms of field 12. verb [usually cont] In a game of cricket, baseball, or rounders, the team that is fielding is trying to catch the ball, while the other team is trying to hit it. When we are fielding, the umpires keep looking at the ball. [VERB] [Also VERB noun] fielding uncountable noun At first base he led the league 21 times in fielding. 13. verb If you say that someone fields a question, you mean that they answer it or deal with it, usually successfully. [journalism] He was later shown on television, fielding questions. [VERB noun] 14. verb If a sports team fields a particular number or type of players, the players are chosen to play for the team on a particular occasion. England intend fielding their strongest team in next month's World Youth Championship. [VERB noun] 15. verb If a candidate in an election is representing a political party, you can say that the party is fielding that candidate. [journalism] The new party aims to field candidates in elections scheduled for next year. [VERB noun] 16. See also coalfield, minefield, playing field, snowfield 17. See have a field day 18. See in the field 19. See lead the field 20. See to play the field More Synonyms of field Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers British English pronunciation

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field in British English

(fiːld ) noun1. an open tract of uncultivated grassland; meadow ▶ Related adjective: campestral 2. a piece of land cleared of trees and undergrowth, usually enclosed with a fence or hedge and used for pasture or growing crops a field of barley 3. a limited or marked off area, usually of mown grass, on which any of various sports, athletic competitions, etc, are held a soccer field 4. an area that is rich in minerals or other natural resources a coalfield 5. short for battlefield, airfield 6. the mounted followers that hunt with a pack of hounds 7. a. all the runners in a particular race or competitors in a competition b. the runners in a race or competitors in a competition excluding the favourite 8. cricket the fielders collectively, esp with regard to their positions 9. a wide or open expanse a field of snow 10. a. an area of human activity the field of human knowledge b. a sphere or division of knowledge, interest, etc his field is physics 11. a. a place away from the laboratory, office, library, etc, usually out of doors, where practical work is done or original material or data collected b. (as modifier) a field course 12. the surface or background, as of a flag, coin, or heraldic shield, on which a design is displayed 13. Also called: field of view the area within which an object may be observed with a telescope, microscope, etc 14. physicsa. See field of force b. a region of space that is a vector field c. a region of space under the influence of some scalar quantity, such as temperature 15. mathematics a set of entities subject to two binary operations, addition and multiplication, such that the set is a commutative group under addition and the set, minus the zero, is a commutative group under multiplication and multiplication is distributive over addition 16. mathematics, logic the set of elements that are either arguments or values of a function; the union of its domain and range 17. computinga. a set of one or more characters comprising a unit of information b. a predetermined section of a record 18. television one of two or more sets of scanning lines which when interlaced form the complete picture 19. obsolete the open country beasts of the field 20. See hold the field 21. See in the field 22. See lead the field 23. See leave the field 24. See take the field 25. See play the field 26. (modifier) military of or relating to equipment, personnel, etc, specifically designed or trained for operations in the field a field gun a field army verb27. (transitive) sport to stop, catch, or return (the ball) as a fielder 28. (transitive) sport to send (a player or team) onto the field to play 29. (intransitive) sport (of a player or team) to act or take turn as a fielder or fielders 30. (transitive) military to put (an army, a unit, etc) in the field 31. (transitive) to enter (a person) in a competition each party fielded a candidate 32. (transitive) informal to deal with or handle, esp adequately and by making a reciprocal gesture to field a question Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Word originOld English feld; related to Old Saxon, Old High German feld, Old English fold earth, Greek platus broad COBUILD frequency band

Field in British English

(fiːld ) noun John. 1782–1837, Irish composer and pianist, lived in Russia from 1803: invented the nocturne Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers COBUILD frequency band

field in American English

(fild) nounOrigin: ME feld < OE, akin to Ger feld, Du veld < IE *pelt- < base *pele-, *pla-, flat and broad > L planus, plane, Gr palamē, flat hand1. a wide stretch of open land; plain 2. a piece of cleared land, set off or enclosed, for raising crops or pasturing livestock 3. a piece of land used for some particular purpose a landing field 4. an area of land producing some natural resource a gold field 5. any wide, unbroken expanse a field of ice 6. a. a battlefield b. a battle 7. a. an area of military operations b. a military area away from the post or headquarters 8. a. an area where practical work is done, as by a social worker, geologist, etc., away from the central office, laboratory, or the like [usually with the] camping equipment tested in the field b. a realm of knowledge or of special work or opportunity the field of electronics 9. an area of observation the field of vision of the human eyes, the field of view of a microscope 10. the background, as on a flag or coin 11. a. an area where games or athletic events are held b. the part of such an area, usually inside a closed racing track, where contests in the high jump, long jump, shot put, pole vault, etc. are held c. US in baseball, any part of the outfield a batter who hits to all fields d. all the entrants in a contest e. all the entrants in a contest except the one(s) specified 12. computing any of the units of storage that are grouped to form a record (sense 13) 13. heraldry the surface or part of the surface of a shield 14. horse racing those horses, in a race with more than twelve entrants, that are grouped together to function as a unit for betting purposes 15. mathematics a set of numbers or other algebraic elements for which arithmetic operations (except for division by zero) are defined in a consistent manner to yield another element of the set 16. physics a region, volume, or space where a specific, measurable force, as gravity or magnetism, exists 17. televisiona. the area viewed by the camera b. the area that the scanning element covers in one vertical sweep adjective18. of, operating in, or held on the field or fields 19. growing in fields; having a field as its habitat verb transitive20. a. baseball , etc to catch, grab, or handle (a ball that has been batted, thrown, etc.) b. to put (a team or player) in the field for a game or competition 21. to position in a given location to field an army 22. informala. to answer (a question) extemporaneously b. to deal with; handle to field phone calls verb intransitive23. baseball , etc to play as a fielder Idioms: keep the field play the field take (or leave) the field Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 5th Digital Edition. Copyright © 2025 HarperCollins Publishers. COBUILD frequency band

Field in American English

(fild) 1. Cyrus West 1819-92; U.S. industrialist: promoted the first transatlantic cable 2. Eugene 1850-95; U.S. writer Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 5th Digital Edition. Copyright © 2025 HarperCollins Publishers. COBUILD frequency band

field in American English

(fild) noun1. an expanse of open or cleared ground, esp. a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage 2. Sporta. a piece of ground devoted to sports or contests; playing field b. (in betting) all the contestants or numbers that are grouped together as one to bet on the field in a horse race c. (in football) the players on the playing ground d. the area in which field events are held 3. Baseballa. the team in the field, as opposed to the one at bat b. the outfield 4. a sphere of activity, interest, etc., esp. within a particular business or profession the field of teaching the field of Shakespearean scholarship 5. the area or region drawn on or serviced by a business or profession; outlying areas where business activities or operations are carried on, as opposed to a home or branch office our representatives in the field 6. a job location remote from regular workshop facilities, offices, or the like 7. Militarya. the scene or area of active military operations b. a battleground c. a battle d. informal an area located away from the headquarters of a commander 8. an expanse of anything a field of ice 9. any region characterized by a particular feature, resource, activity, etc. a gold field 10. the surface of a canvas, shield, etc., on which something is portrayed a gold star on a field of blue 11. (in a flag) the ground of each division 12. Physics the influence of some agent, as electricity or gravitation, considered as existing at all points in space and defined by the force it would exert on an object placed at any point in space Compare electric field, gravitational field, magnetic field 13. Also called: field of view Optics the entire angular expanse visible through an optical instrument at a given time 14. Electricity the structure in a generator or motor that produces a magnetic field around a rotating armature 15. Math a number system that has the same properties relative to the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division as the number system of all real numbers; a commutative division ring 16. Photography the area of a subject that is taken in by a lens at a particular diaphragm opening 17. Psychology the total complex of interdependent factors within which a psychological event occurs and is perceived as occurring 18. Computinga. one or more related characters treated as a unit and constituting part of a record, for purposes of input, processing, output, or storage by a computer If the hours-worked field is blank or zero, the program does not write a check for that employee b. (in a punch card) any number of columns regularly used for recording the same information 19. Television one half of the scanning lines required to form a complete television frame. In the U.S., two fields are displayed in 1/30 second: all the odd-numbered lines in one field and all the even lines in the next field Compare frame (sense 9) 20. (in numismatics) the blank area of a coin, other than that of the exergue 21. (in fox hunting) the group of participants in a hunt, exclusive of the master of foxhounds and his staff 22. Heraldry the whole area or background of an escutcheon 23. See in the field 24. See keep the field 25. See out in left field 26. See play the field 27. See take the field transitive verb28. Baseball & Cricketa. to catch or pick up (the ball) in play The shortstop fielded the grounder and threw to first for the out b. to place (a player, group of players, or a team) in the field to play 29. to place in competition to field a candidate for governor 30. to answer or reply skillfully to field a difficult question 31. to put into action or on duty to field police cars to patrol an area 32. informal to test (a device or product) under various conditions of actual use; field-test intransitive verb Baseball & Cricket33. to act as a fielder; field the ball 34. to take to the field adjective35. Sporta. of, taking place, or competed for on the field and not on the track, as the discus throw or shot put b. of or pertaining to field events 36. Military of or pertaining to campaign and active combat service as distinguished from service in rear areas or at headquarters a field soldier 37. of or pertaining to a field 38. grown or cultivated in a field 39. working in the fields of a farm field laborers 40. working as a salesperson, engineer, representative, etc., in the field an insurance company's field agents Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Word origin [bef. 1000; ME, OE feld; c. G Feld] COBUILD frequency band

field in Electrical Engineering

(fild) Word forms: (regular plural) fields noun(Electrical engineering: Circuits, Electrical power) An electric or magnetic field is the area in which an electrically charged body or a magnetized body has an effect. The electricity entering the house runs through a pair of loops that induce a magnetic field. The electric field set up inside the tube excites atoms of mercury gas, making them emit ultraviolet light. An electric or magnetic field is the area in which an electrically charged body or a magnetized body has an effect. electric field, electromagnetic field, field winding Collins COBUILD Key Words for Electrical Engineering. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

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These examples have been automatically selected and may contain sensitive content that does not reflect the opinions or policies of Collins, or its parent company HarperCollins. We welcome feedback: report an example sentence to the Collins team. Read more… Fielding questions about you know who. The Guardian (2015)His previous record in this field is patchy. The Guardian (2019)The players are out on the field and ready for action. The Guardian (2020)The best thing we can do is focus on the training field. The Guardian (2021)Do you have to hire specialists in this field? The Guardian (2021) Rugby players need the athleticism to fly around the field and the set of skills to do something useful when they find an involvement. Times, Sunday Times (2016)We played in the wrong areas of the field and put pressure on our front five to take passes that were difficult to take. Times, Sunday Times (2016)It also helps researchers by providing some financial help in encouraging scientific research in this field. Lashford, Stephanie The Residue Report - an action plan for safer food (1988)The important thing is to keep the guys fit, on the field and think about our processes. Times, Sunday Times (2012)Magnetic fields are pervasive in astrophysical contexts and have complex physical effects. Royal Society Biography and Memoirs (2022)

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British English: field /fiːld/ NOUN A field is an enclosed area of land where crops are grown or animals are kept....a field of wheat.

• American English: field /ˈfild/
• Arabic: حَقْل
• Brazilian Portuguese: campo
• Chinese: 田
• Croatian: polje
• Czech: pole
• Danish: mark
• Dutch: veld
• European Spanish: campo
• Finnish: pelto
• French: champ
• German: Feld
• Greek: πεδίο
• Italian: campo
• Japanese: 野原
• Korean: 들판
• Norwegian: jorde
• Polish: pole
• European Portuguese: campo
• Romanian: câmp
• Russian: поле
• Latin American Spanish: campo
• Swedish: fält
• Thai: ทุ่งนา
• Turkish: alan (yer)
• Ukrainian: поле
• Vietnamese: cánh đồng

British English: field VERB /fiːld/ In a game of cricket, baseball, or rounders, the team that is fielding is trying to catch the ball, while the other team is trying to hit it.When we are fielding, the umpires keep looking at the ball.

• American English: field /ˈfild/
• Brazilian Portuguese: atacar
• Chinese: 防守
• European Spanish: fildear
• French: être joueur de champ
• German: Fänger spielen
• Italian: giocare in difesa
• Japanese: 守備につく
• Korean: 야구에서 수비하다
• European Portuguese: atacar
• Latin American Spanish: fildear

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