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Another word for field

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Noun

  1. A sphere of activity, experience, study, or interest

      1. A container of flexible material, such as paper, plastic, or leather, that is used for carrying or storing items.
      2. A handbag; a purse.
      3. A piece of hand luggage, such as a suitcase or satchel.
      1. The earth, especially together with the life it supports:
      2. The universe:
      3. Humankind considered as social beings; human society:
      1. An area of land; a region.
      2. The land and waters under the jurisdiction of a government.
      3. A political subdivision of a country.
      1. An area of land; ground:
      2. A particular geographic area; a region:
      3. The surface features of an area of land; topography:
      1. Being in a position or in circumstances that place one under the power or authority of another or others:
      2. Prone; disposed:
      3. Likely to incur or receive; exposed:
      1. Something seen by a viewer; a view or prospect.
      2. The place where an action or event occurs:
      3. The place in which the action of a play, movie, novel, or other narrative occurs; a setting.
      1. A community or territory over which a sovereign rules; a kingdom.
      2. An area or sphere, as of knowledge or activity:
      1. A territory governed as an administrative or political unit of a country or empire.
      2. A division of territory under the jurisdiction of a metropolitan.
      3. Areas of a country situated away from the capital or population center.
      1. The path of a celestial body or an artificial satellite as it revolves around another body due to their mutual gravitational attraction.
      2. One complete revolution of such a body.
      3. The path of a body in a field of force surrounding another body; for example, the movement of an atomic electron in relation to a nucleus.
      1. A territory over which rule or control is exercised.
      2. A sphere of activity, influence, or knowledge:
      3. The set of all possible values of an independent variable of a function.
      1. A principal administrative division of a government:
      2. A division of a business specializing in a particular product or service:
      3. A division of a school or college dealing with a particular field of knowledge:
      1. A plane curve everywhere equidistant from a given fixed point, the center.
      2. A planar region bounded by a circle.
      3. Something, such as a ring, shaped like such a plane curve.
      1. A person's specific area of interest, skill, or authority.
      2. The office or district of a bailiff.
      1. An enclosed area for the presentation of sports events and spectacles.
      2. A building housing such an area.
      3. A place or scene where forces contend or events unfold:
      1. A roughly bounded part of the space on a surface; a region:
      2. A surface, especially an open, unoccupied piece of ground:
      3. A distinct part or section, as of a building, set aside for a specific function:
    See also:

    territory

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Another word for field

Modifier
      1. Of or relating to shepherds or herders.
      2. Of, relating to, or used for animal husbandry.
      3. Of or relating to the country or country life; rural.
      1. Of or characteristic of the countryside or its people; rustic.
      2. Of or characteristic of shepherds or flocks; pastoral.
      3. A pastoral poem.
      1. Relating to the cultivation of land; agricultural:
      2. Relating to or concerning the land and its ownership, cultivation, and tenure:
      3. A person who favors equitable distribution of land.
      1. Made of earth or clay:
      2. Earthly; worldly.
      1. The land surface of the world.
      2. The softer, friable part of land; soil, especially productive soil.
      3. The third planet from the sun, having a sidereal period of revolution about the sun of 365.26 days at a mean distance of approximately 149.6 million kilometers (92.96 million miles), a sidereal rotation period of 23 hours 56.07 minutes, an average radius of 6,378.1 kilometers (3,963 miles), and a mass of approximately 5.9736 × 1024 kilograms (1.3169 × 1025 pounds).
      1. The top layer of the earth's surface in which plants can grow, consisting of rock and mineral particles mixed with decayed organic matter and having the capability of retaining water.
      2. A particular kind of earth or ground:
      3. Country; land:
      1. The solid ground of the earth.
      2. Ground or soil:
      3. A topographically or functionally distinct tract:
      1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the country.
      2. Of or relating to people who live in the country:
      3. Of or relating to farming; agricultural.
      1. Of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged in, tillage; as, the agricultural class; agricultural implements, wages, et cetera.
      1. Located in, done in, or suited to the open air:
      1. A tract of grassland, either in its natural state or used as pasture or for growing hay.
      1. A supply accumulated for future use; a store.
      2. The total merchandise kept on hand by a merchant, commercial establishment, warehouse, or manufacturer.
      3. All the animals kept or raised on a farm; livestock.
      1. A tract of land cultivated for the purpose of agricultural production.
      2. A tract of land devoted to the raising and breeding of domestic animals.
      3. An area of water devoted to the raising, breeding, or production of a specific aquatic animal:
Noun

  1. Open land

  2. An area devoted to sport

      1. A piece of land where fairs are held.
      1. An arena for equestrian shows.
      2. An open-air stadium with an oval course for horse and chariot races in ancient Greece and Rome.
      1. The hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between yellow and blue, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 490 to 570 nanometers; any of a group of colors that may vary in lightness and saturation and whose hue is that of the emerald or somewhat less yellow than that of growing grass; one of the additive or light primaries; one of the psychological primary hues.
      2. Something green in color.
      3. The branches and leaves of plants used for decoration.
      1. A surface layer of earth containing a dense growth of grass and its matted roots; sod.
      2. An artificial substitute for such a grassy layer, as on a playing field.
      3. A piece cut from a layer of earth or sod.
      1. A piece of land with few or no buildings within or adjoining a town, maintained for recreational and ornamental purposes.
      2. A landscaped city square.
      3. A large tract of rural land kept in its natural state and usually reserved for the enjoyment and recreation of visitors.
      1. An outdoor area set aside for recreation and play, especially one containing equipment such as seesaws and swings.
      2. A field or sphere of unrestricted pleasurable activity:
      1. An oval or circular structure having tiers of seats rising gradually outward from a central open space or arena.
      2. A level area surrounded by upward sloping ground.
      3. An upper, sloping gallery with seats for spectators, as in a theater or operating room.
      1. A building, room, or outdoor structure for the presentation of plays, films, or other dramatic performances.
      2. A room with tiers of seats used for lectures or demonstrations:
      3. Dramatic literature or its performance; drama:
      1. A large, usually open structure for sports events with tiered seating for spectators.
      2. A course on which foot races were held in ancient Greece, usually semicircular and having tiers of seats for spectators.
      3. An ancient Greek measure of distance, based on the length of such a course and equal to about 185 meters (607 feet).
      1. in the Middle Ages, a high fence of stakes enclosing the area for a tournament
      2. this area itself or the tournament held there
      3. any place or realm of combat, conflict, etc.
      1. An enclosed area for the presentation of sports events and spectacles.
      2. A building housing such an area.
      3. A place or scene where forces contend or events unfold:
      1. A public entertainment consisting typically of a variety of performances by acrobats, clowns, and trained animals.
      2. A traveling company that performs such entertainments.
      3. A circular arena, surrounded by tiers of seats and often covered by a tent, in which such shows are performed.
      1. A usually oval, specially surfaced course on which races are held.
      1. A large tract of land laid out for golf.
      1. A course laid out for racing.
      1. Development in a particular way; progress:
      2. Movement in time; duration:
      3. The direction of continuing movement:
      1. An extent of open ground partially or completely enclosed by walls or buildings; a courtyard.
      2. A short street, especially a wide alley walled by buildings on three sides.
      3. A large open section of a building, often with a glass roof or skylight.
      1. A usually rectangular area surfaced with smooth ice and often having a vertical boards erected around the perimeter and curving along each corner, used for skating, ice hockey, or curling.
      2. A similar area having a smooth hard floor used for roller-skating.
      3. A similar area, often having artificial grass, used for indoor soccer and other sports.
      1. A mark or succession of marks left by something that has passed.
      2. A path, route, or course indicated by such marks:
      3. A path along which something moves; a course:
      1. A field for games such as football and soccer, especially when marked according to specified dimensions according to the game's rules.
      2. The conditions or circumstances in which competition takes place:
      1. The field of play.
      2. The game itself.
      3. A metal structure high above the stage of a theater, from which ropes or cables are strung to scenery and lights.
      1. An extremely hard, highly refractive crystalline form of carbon that is usually colorless and is used as a gemstone and in abrasives, cutting tools, and other applications.
      2. A piece of jewelry containing such a gemstone.
      3. A rhombus, particularly when oriented so that one of its diagonals is vertical and the other is horizontal.
    See also:

    arena

  3. An area devoted to a specialized activity

    See also:

    battlefield

    airport

  4. An area which can be comprehended in a given way

    See also:

    department

  5. Competitors or available candidates

Verb

Idioms:

    play-the-field

    2. take-the-field

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Sentence Examples

  • My father works in the field, and I take care of the sheep.

  • "You up for a field trip?" he asked.

  • A field of water betrays the spirit that is in the air.

  • Nicholas standing in a fallow field could see all his whips.

  • They played with the lambs in the field and saw no human being but the shepherd.

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