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| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : feeld |
| Phonetic Transcription : fild |
Definition of field
Origin :- Old English feld "plain, open land" (as opposed to woodland), also "a parcel of land marked off and used for pasture or tillage," probably related to Old English folde "earth, land," from Proto-Germanic *felthuz "flat land" (common West Germanic, cf. Old Saxon and Old Frisian feld "field," Old Saxon folda "earth," Middle Dutch velt, Dutch veld Old High German felt, German Feld "field," but not found outside it; Swedish fält, Danish felt are borrowed from German), from PIE *pel(e)-tu-, from root *pele- (2) "flat, to spread" (see plane (n.1)).
- Finnish pelto "field" is believed to have been adapted from Proto-Germanic. The English spelling with -ie- probably is the work of Anglo-French scribes (cf. brief, piece). Collective use for "all engaged in a sport" (or, in horseracing, all but the favorite) is 1742; play the field "avoid commitment" (1936) is from notion of gamblers betting on other horses than the favorite. Field glasses attested by 1836.
- noun open land that can be cultivated
- noun persons taking part in competition
- noun sphere of influence, activity, interest, study
- noun arena with special use, as athletics
- verb catch a hit or thrown object
- My field of observation has been at home, here in America; but it has been the same in France.
- Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams
- He beat the army in the field, and then let the fortresses drop one by one into his hands.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- Two field pieces were disposed in the front and two in the rear line.
- Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James
- My field of labor was my own heart, which I endeavored to render pure in the sight of God.
- Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
- Three martlets on a field azure, that must be one of the Luttrells.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- That something hidden away in my nature, like a treasure in a field, is Humility.
- Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
- And Yates, taking the weapon by the muzzle, tossed it as far as he could into the field.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- I will hunt out General O'Neill, and interview him on the field of slaughter.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- That's why it will be worth while playing the field to beat him.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- These blunders culminated in a ghastly mistake on the field.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
Synonyms for field
- acreage
- amphitheater
- applicants
- area
- avocation
- bailiwick
- battlefield
- bounds
- calling
- candidates
- champaign
- circle
- circuit
- compass
- competition
- competitors
- confines
- contestants
- course
- court
- cover
- cropland
- cup of tea
- deal with
- deflect
- demesne
- department
- diamond
- discipline
- domain
- dominion
- enclosure
- entrants
- entries
- environment
- fairground
- farmland
- garden
- glebe
- golf course
- grassland
- green
- gridiron
- ground
- grounds
- handle
- hold
- job
- jurisdiction
- landing strip
- lea
- limits
- line
- long suit
- lot
- margin
- mead
- meadow
- métier
- moorland
- nominees
- occupation
- occupy
- orbit
- park
- participants
- pasture
- patch
- patrol
- pick up
- play
- playground
- playing area
- plot
- possibilities
- precinct
- province
- purview
- race track
- racecourse
- racket
- ranchland
- range
- reach
- region
- retrieve
- return
- rink
- runners
- scope
- speciality
- specialty
- stadium
- stop
- sweep
- terrain
- territory
- theater
- thing
- tillage
- track
- tract
- turf
- turn aside
- vineyard
- vocation
- walk
- weakness
- work
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