Dictionary Definition
field
Noun
1 a piece of land cleared of trees and usually
enclosed; "he planted a field of wheat"
2 a region where a battle is being (or has been)
fought; "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields" [syn: battlefield, battleground, field of
battle, field of
honor]
3 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 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" [syn:
discipline, subject, subject
area, subject
field, field of
study, study, bailiwick, branch
of knowledge]
5 the space around a radiating body within which
its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar
body not in contact with it [syn: field of
force, force
field]
6 a particular kind of commercial enterprise;
"they are outstanding in their field" [syn: field of
operation, line of
business]
7 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" [syn: sphere, domain, area, orbit, arena]
8 a piece of land prepared for playing a game;
"the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field" [syn:
playing
field, athletic
field, playing
area]
9 extensive tract of level open land; "they
emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the
fields of his youth" [syn: plain, champaign]
10 (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 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" [syn: field
of operations, theater, theater
of operations, theatre, theatre
of operations]
12 all of the horses in a particular horse
race
13 all the competitors in a particular contest or
sporting event
14 a geographic region (land or sea) under which
something valuable is found; "the diamond fields of South
Africa"
15 (computer science) a set of one or more
adjacent characters comprising a unit of information
16 the area that is visible (as through an
optical instrument) [syn: field of
view]
Verb
1 catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or
cricket
2 play as a fielder
3 answer adequately or successfully; "The lawyer
fielded all questions from the press"
4 select (a team or individual player) for a
game; "The Patriots fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose
Bowl"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /fiːld/
- Rhymes: -iːld
Noun
- A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country.
- A wide, open space that is usually used to grow crops or to hold farm animals.
- The open country near or belonging to a city -- usually used in plural.
- A region affected by
a particular force.
- magnetic field
- A course of study or domain of knowledge or practice.
- 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.
- The set of rational numbers, \mathbb, is the prototypical field.
- An area reserved for playing a game.
- soccer field
- A region containing a particular mineral.
- oil field or oilfield
- gold field or goldfield
- oil field or oilfield
- The background of the shield
- An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- center field
- fielder
- fielding
- fieldwork
- field marshal
- field theory
- finite field
- infield
- left field
- number field
- outfield
- play the field
- quadratic field
- right field
- scalar field
- splitting field
- vector field
Translations
land area free of woodland, cities, and towns;
open country
- Albanian: fushë
- Croatian: polje
- Portuguese: campo
- Swedish: fält
wide, open space that is usually used to grow
crops or to hold farm animals
- Albanian: arë
- Chinese: 田 (tian2) (for crops)
- Croatian: polje
- Czech: pastvina (for animals), pole (for crops)
- Danish: mark, ager
- Dutch: veld (for crops), wei (for animals)
- Esperanto: kampo
- Estonian: väli, põld, nurm (for crops)
- Finnish: niitty (for animals), pelto (for crops)
- French: champ
- German: Feld
- Hebrew: שׁדה (Śadeh)
- Hungarian: mező
- Irish: páirc, gort
- Italian: campo
- Korean: 밭 (bat) (for crops)
- Norwegian: åker (for crops)
- Polish: pastwisko (for animals), pole (for crops)
- Portuguese: campo, terreno
- Romanian: câmp
- Russian: пастбище (for animals), поле (for crops)
- Scottish Gaelic: achadh , blàr , dail , magh , mìn , raon
- Serbian: pašnjak , polje
- Slovene: pašnik (for animals), polje (for crops)
- Spanish: campo
- Swedish: fält
- Tamazight: ⵉⴳⴻⵔ (iger)
- Tetum: to'os, rai-luan, kampu
physics: region affected by a particular force
- Albanian: fushë
- Chinese: 範圍 fanwei
- Croatian: polje
- Czech: pole
- Danish: felt
- Dutch: veld
- Estonian: väli
- Finnish: kenttä
- French: champ
- German: Feld
- Hebrew: שׁדה (Śadeh)
- Hungarian: mező
- Italian: campo
- Norwegian: felt
- Polish: pole
- Portuguese: campo
- Romanian: câmp
- Russian: поле
- Scottish Gaelic: raon
- Slovene: polje
- Spanish: campo
- Swedish: fält
course of study or domain of knowledge or
practice
- Albanian: fushë
- Chinese: 領域 lingyu
- Croatian: polje
- Danish: felt, område
- Dutch: gebied
- Estonian: ala, valdkond, tegevusväli, tegevusala
- Finnish: ala
- French: champ
- German: Feld, Gebiet, Bereich
- Italian: campo, ambito
- Norwegian: fagfelt, felt
- Portuguese: campo, domínio, terreno
- Russian: область
- Scottish Gaelic: raon
- Slovene: disciplina
- Spanish: terreno
- Swedish: fält
in mathematics
sports: area reserved for playing a game
- Albanian: fushë
- Croatian: teren
- Czech: hřiště
- Danish: bane , spilleplads
- Dutch: veld , speelveld
- Estonian: väljak, spordiväljak, mänguväljak
- Finnish: kenttä
- French: terrain
- German: Feld, Spielfeld, Platz
- Italian: campo
- Norwegian: bane
- Portuguese: campo
- Russian: поле
- Scottish Gaelic: raon
- Slovene: polje
- Spanish: campo
- Swedish: plan (outdoors)
geology: region containing a particular mineral
- Albanian: zonë
- Danish: felt
- Estonian: maardla, leiukoht
- Finnish: kenttä, esiintymisalue
- German: Lagerstätte , Feld (particularly oil or gas)
- Norwegian: felt
heraldry: background of the shield
- Danish: felt
computing: area of memory or storage reserved
for a particular value
- Croatian: polje
- Finnish: alue
- Italian: campo
- Swedish: fält
- ttbc Arabic: (ħaql)
- ttbc Ido: agro
- ttbc Romanian: câmp (1-7), teren (3)
- ttbc Spanish: campo (3,4); yacimiento (6)
- ttbc Welsh: cae (1), maes (1)
- ttbc German: Feld
- ttbc Ancient Greek: ]] (planasthai)
- ttbc [[Old English: flor
Verb
- In the context of "transitive|sport": To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.
- In the context of "transitive|sport}} To place a team in (a game).
Extensive Definition
Field or fields may refer to:
- Field (agriculture), an area of land used to cultivate crops for agricultural purposes
- Field of study, a branch of knowledge
- Playing field, in sports, the area in which the sport is played
- Visual field or field of view, the area visible from a point of view (it can be a camera or an eye)
- Depth of field, in photography, the distance in front of and beyond the subject that appears to be in focus
Science and mathematics
- Field (mathematics), an algebraic system with well-behaved addition, multiplication, and division
- Scalar field, a mapping of scalar values to points in a space
- Vector field, a mapping of vector values to points in a space
- Tensor field, a mapping of tensor values to points in a space
- Field (physics), the presence of a quantity at every point of space
- Field (geography), with a definition similar to that of physics but in a different context and using unique models and methods
- Field (computer science), a smaller piece of data from a larger collection (e.g., database fields)
- Field of sets, a mathematical structure of sets in an abstract space
- Field winding or Field magnet, the stator of an electric motor
Sociology and politics
- Field (Bourdieu), a sociological term coined by Pierre Bourdieu to describe the system of objective relations constituted by various species of capital
- Field Department, the division of political campaigns tasked with organizing local volunteers and directly contacting voters
Other technical uses
- Field (video), one half of a frame in an interlaced display
- Field (heraldry), the background of a shield
- In flag terminology, the background of a flag
Persons
* Hartry Field, (b. 1946), a philosopher working at New York University- John Field (composer), an Irish classical music composer
- Joshua Field (engineer), British civil engineer
- Todd Field, American film director
- The Field (musician), a.k.a. Axel Willner, a Swedish electronic musician
- John Charles Fields, a Canadian mathematician and founder of the Fields Medal
- Totie Fields, an American comedian
- W.C. Fields, an American comedian
Place names
- Field, British Columbia, Canada
- Fields, Indiana, United States
- Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Objects
- Field (sculpture), a sculpture by Anthony Gormley
- Murray Field Airport
Brand names
- Fields (department store), a chain of discount department stores operating in the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia
- Field's, a shopping centre in Denmark
- Field and Stream, a US magazine featuring hunting, fishing, and other outdoor activities
- Field Records, a record label
- Fields (band), an indie rock band
field in Bulgarian: Поле
field in Czech: Pole
field in German: Feld
field in Modern Greek (1453-): Πεδίο
field in Estonian: Väli (täpsustus)
field in French: Field
field in Croatian: Polje
field in Italian: Campo
field in Japanese: フィールド
field in Lithuanian: Laukas
field in Dutch: Veld
field in Polish: Pole
field in Russian: Поле
field in Simple English: Field
field in Slovak: Pole
field in Chinese: 场
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
DMZ,
academic discipline, academic specialty, aceldama, achievement, acreage, aerodrome, agora, air base, airdrome, airfield, airport, alerion, ambit, amphitheater, ample scope,
animal charge, annulet,
answer, applicants, applied science,
arable, archery ground,
area, arena, argent, armorial bearings,
armory, arms, art, athletic field, auditorium, azure, back, backdrop, background, badminton court,
bag, bailiwick, bandeau, bar, bar sinister, baseball field,
basketball court, baton,
battle line, battle site, battlefield, battleground, bear garden,
bearings, beat, bend, bend sinister, billet, billiard parlor, blank
check, blazon, blazonry, block, border, borderland, bordure, bounds, bowl, bowling alley, bowling green,
boxing ring, breadth,
broad arrow, bull ring, cadency mark, campus, candidates, canton, canvas, carte blanche, catch, champaign, chaplet, charge, chevron, chief, cincture, circle, circuit, circus, classical education,
clearance, clearing, clos, close, coat of arms, cockatrice, cockpit, coliseum, colosseum, combat area, combat
zone, common, compass, competition, competitor, competitors, concern, confine, confines, container, contender, contestant, continuum, coop, cope with, core curriculum,
corn field, coronet,
corrival, course, course of study, court, courtyard, crescent, crest, cricket ground, croft, croquet ground, croquet
lawn, cross, cross moline,
crown, cultivated land,
cup of tea, curriculum, curtilage, deal with,
delimited field, demesne, department, department of
knowledge, device,
diamond, difference, differencing, dimension, discipline, distance, division, domain, dominion, eagle, elbowroom, elective, emptiness, empty space,
emulator, enclave, enclosure, enemy line,
entrant, ermine, ermines, erminites, erminois, escutcheon, expanse, expansion, expertise, extension, extent, fairway, falcon, fess, fess point, field of battle,
field of blood, field of inquiry, field of study, file, firing line, flanch, fleur-de-lis, floor, fold, football field, forte, forty, forum, free course, free hand,
free play, free scope, fret, front line, full scope, full
swing, fur, fusil, galactic space, garland, general education,
general studies, glaciarium, golf course, golf
links, grassland,
green, greensward, gridiron, griffin, ground, gules, gym, gymnasium, gyron, hall, handle, hatchment, hayfield, heliport, helmet, hemisphere, heraldic device,
hinterland, humanities, ice rink,
impalement, impaling, inescutcheon, infield, infinite space,
interest, interstellar
space, island, judicial
circuit, jurisdiction, killing
ground, kraal, label, land, landing, landing beach, landing
field, latitude,
lawn, lea, leeway, liberal arts, limits, line, line of battle, links, lion, list, lists, locale, long rope, long suit,
lot, lozenge, main interest, major, maneuvering space, manipulate, manner, mantling, march, margin, marketplace, marshaling, martlet, mascle, mat, mead, meadow, measure, metal, metier, milieu, minor, mise-en-scene, motto, mullet, natural science, no holds
barred, nombril point, nothingness, octofoil, ology, open forum, open space,
or, orb, orbit, ordinary, orle, outer space, outfield, oval, paddy, palaestra, pale, paling, paly, parade ground, parcel of
land, park, pasture, patch, pean, pen, pet subject, pheon, pick up, piece of land,
pit, place, plat, platform, play, player, playground, playing field,
playroom, plot, plot of ground, polo ground,
pool hall, poolroom,
port, possibilities, precinct, prize ring, proportion, proseminar, province, public square, pure
science, purlieu,
purpure, pursuit, purview, putting green, quad, quadrangle, quadrivium, quarter, quartering, racecourse, racket court,
range, reach, real estate, realm, rear, refresher course, region, reply to, respond to,
retrieve, return, rice paddy, ring, rink, rival, room, rope, rose, round, sable, saltire, scene, scene of action, scenery, science, scientific education,
scope, scutcheon, sea room, seat of
war, section, seminar, setting, shambles, shield, site, skating rink, soccer field,
social science, space,
spatial extension, specialism, speciality, specialization, specialty, sphere, spread, spread eagle, square, squared circle, squash
court, stadium, stage, stage set, stage setting,
stop, strength, stretch, strong point, study, style, subdiscipline, subject, subordinary, superficial
extension, surface,
sward, sweep, swing, technical education,
technicality,
technicology,
technics, technology, tenne, tennis court, terrain, territory, the field, the
front, theater, theater
of operations, theater of war, thing, tilting ground, tiltyard, tincture, toft, tolerance, torse, track, tract, tressure, trivium, turf, type, unicorn, vair, vert, vier, vocation, void, walk, way, weakness, wheat field, wide
berth, wreath, wrestling
ring, yale, yard, zone of
communications