a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed; he planted a field of wheat'

(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'

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 ]

all of the horses in a particular horse race

all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event

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

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

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

[ Syn: field of view ]

a place where planes take off and land

[ Syn: airfield , landing field , flying field ]

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 ]

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'

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 ]

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 ]

a particular kind of commercial enterprise; they are outstanding in their field

[ Syn: field of operation , line of business ]

a particular environment or walk of life; his social sphere is limited; it was a closed area of employment; hes out of my orbit

[ Syn: sphere , domain , area , orbit , arena ]

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 ]

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 ]

catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket

play as a fielder

answer adequately or successfully; The lawyer fielded all questions from the press'

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