Field

[fiːld] or [fild]

Definition

(noun.) a particular kind of commercial enterprise; 'they are outstanding in their field'.

(noun.) the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument).

(noun.) all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event.

(noun.) all of the horses in a particular horse race.

(noun.) (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'.

(noun.) (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information.

(noun.) 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'.

(noun.) 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'.

(noun.) a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed; 'he planted a field of wheat'.

(noun.) a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found; 'the diamond fields of South Africa'.

(noun.) the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it.

(verb.) select (a team or individual player) for a game; 'The Buckeyes fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose Bowl'.

(verb.) answer adequately or successfully; 'The lawyer fielded all questions from the press'.

(verb.) play as a fielder.

(verb.) catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket.

Typist: Maxine--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country.

(n.) A piece of land of considerable size; esp., a piece inclosed for tillage or pasture.

(n.) A place where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself.

(n.) An open space; an extent; an expanse.

(n.) Any blank space or ground on which figures are drawn or projected.

(n.) The space covered by an optical instrument at one view.

(n.) The whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much of it is shown unconcealed by the different bearings upon it. See Illust. of Fess, where the field is represented as gules (red), while the fess is argent (silver).

(n.) An unresticted or favorable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement; province; room.

(n.) A collective term for all the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or for all except the favorites in the betting.

(n.) That part of the grounds reserved for the players which is outside of the diamond; -- called also outfield.

(v. i.) To take the field.

(v. i.) To stand out in the field, ready to catch, stop, or throw the ball.

(v. t.) To catch, stop, throw, etc. (the ball), as a fielder.

Inputed by Darlene

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Tract of land (for tillage or for pasture).[2]. Battle-field, field of battle.[3]. Scene of military operations, theatre of war.[4]. Surface, expanse.[5]. Opportunity, room.

Typist: Preston

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Ground, scope, province, arena, scene, opportunity, room

ANT:Circumscription, constraint, exclusion, debarment, interdiction

Typist: Ursula

Definition

n. country or open country in general: a piece of ground enclosed for tillage or pasture: the range of any series of actions or energies: the locality of a battle: the battle itself: room for action of any kind: a wide expanse: (her.) the surface of a shield: the background on which figures are drawn: the part of a coin left unoccupied by the main device: those taking part in a hunt: all the entries collectively against which a single contestant has to compete: all the parties not individually excepted as 'to bet on the field' in a horse-race.—v.t. at cricket and base-ball to catch or stop and return to the fixed place.—v.i. to stand in positions so as to catch the ball easily in cricket.—ns. Field′-allow′ance a small extra payment to officers on active service; Field′-artill′ery light ordnance suited for active operations in the field; Field′-bed a camp or trestle bedstead; Field′-book a book used in surveying fields.—n.pl. Field′-col′ours small flags used for marking the position for companies and regiments also any regimental headquarters' flags.—n. Field′-day a day when troops are drawn out for instruction in field exercises: any day of unusual bustle.—adj. Field′ed (Shak.) encamped.—ns. Field′er one who fields; Field′fare a species of thrush having a reddish-yellow throat and breast spotted with black; Field′-glass a binocular telescope slung over the shoulder in a case; Field′-gun a light cannon mounted on a carriage; Field′-hand an outdoor farm labourer; Field′-hos′pital a temporary hospital near the scene of battle; Field′-ice ice formed in the polar seas in large surfaces distinguished from icebergs; Field′ing the acting in the field at cricket as distinguished from batting; Field′-mar′shal an officer of the highest rank in the army; Field′-meet′ing a conventicle; Field′-mouse a species of mouse that lives in the fields; Field′-night a night marked by some important gathering discussion &c.; Field′-off′icer a military officer above the rank of captain and below that of general; Field′piece a cannon or piece of artillery used in the field of battle; Field′-preach′er one who preaches in the open air; Field′-preach′ing; Fields′man a fielder.—n.pl. Field′-sports sports of the field as hunting racing &c.—n. Field′-train a department of the Royal Artillery responsible for the safety and supply of ammunition during war.—advs. Field′ward -wards toward the fields.—n.pl. Field′works temporary works thrown up by troops in the field either for protection or to cover an attack upon a stronghold.—Field of vision the compass of visual power.—Keep the field to keep the campaign open: to maintain one's ground.

Editor: Lora