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noun

ˈfēld How to pronounce field (audio)
Definition of fieldnext
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as in ground
a small area of usually open land a field that is the frequent site of neighborhood softball games

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as in area
a region of activity, knowledge, or influence the first woman to enter the field of medicine

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as in zone
a part or portion having no fixed boundaries if you set your camera lens to small aperture, the field of sharp focus will be quite large

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as in battlefield
a place where a battle takes place the field where two mighty armies met and changed the course of history

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as in airfield
a place from which aircraft operate that usually has paved runways and a terminal Worsham Field in Corpus Christi used to be home to a sizable crop dusting operation

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as in expansion
a wide space or area the cemetery's field of crosses for the war's fallen seemed to stretch to infinity

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as in attack
active fighting during the course of a war in the classroom the general had been a brilliant theoretician, but in the field he proved to be a wholly incompetent tactician

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verb

as in to address
to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently gave the waitress a large tip because she kept smiling as she fielded their many requests

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Recent Examples of field
Noun
The volume of results stunned many mathematicians, while the way OpenAI has gone about tackling the problems and publishing the solutions divided the field. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026 Success is not a given, and athletes are certainly not the first wealthy individuals to be surprised that their talent in one field does not always translate to the hyper-specialized work of making movies and TV shows. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2026
Verb
Without a quorum, agency staffers are limited to collecting and publishing campaign finance reports, answering questions from candidates about the law and fielding new complaints. — Gabe Kaminsky, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 Christian Yelich then cracked a 107 mph line drive up the middle, where Bogaerts went down to his knees to field it on a short hop and scampered to touch second base before throwing out Yelich at first to end it. — ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for field
Recent Examples of Synonyms for field
  1. ground
  2. area
  3. zone
  4. battlefield
  5. airfield
  6. expansion
  7. attack
  8. address
Noun
  • Pollinators and birds have found a welcoming haven here, is a spot that was previously barren, rocky ground.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • By mid-2013, mass disillusionment with the Brotherhood provided fertile ground for a military comeback.
    — Abdelrahman ElGendy, Time, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of ground
Noun
  • Production has wrapped in the New York and New Jersey area, and the film is expected to release in 2027.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Democratic and Republican 2028 contenders alike have been heading to battleground states and districts to boost their names with voters, show campaigning prowess, and make key political allies across important areas of the country.
    — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of area
Noun
  • The zone represents the biggest value pool in the EUKEM region.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The footpad cannot extract energy from chemically inert surfaces such as plastic, glass, soil, or organic tissue, prompting the team to add a small onboard supercapacitor to buffer power across dead zones.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of zone
Noun
  • Outside groups are now pouring millions into Kansas to defend the seat that once sat safely outside the Senate battlefield.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Chinese media also reported that participating forces were stationed underground during the exercise to protect them from drone attacks, illustrating how persistent aerial surveillance and strike drones are changing battlefield operations.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of battlefield
Noun
  • The runway remained closed while authorities evaluated the airplane and determined how to recover and remove it from the airfield, Wright said.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Armed British police stopped the men near the Gloucestershire airfield and detained them on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of airfield
Noun
  • Over the next twenty years, the games and their expansion packs focused on historical events, alternate history and future conflicts.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The expansion gives Ultium Cells the ability to manufacture multiple cell chemistries and geometric form factors on the same campus.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of expansion
Noun
  • In Congo, where the outbreak has spread to seven provinces, responders have faced attacks on health teams, misinformation about the virus, a failure by locals to report symptoms and rebel violence that has limited access to treatment centers.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
  • An inmate died in an apparent homicide Tuesday morning after an attack by another prisoner at California State Prison, Sacramento, state corrections officials said.
    — Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of attack
Verb
  • According to Tulsa World, the show stopped after just two songs and keyboardist Jonathan Cain addressed the crowd after all the other band members left the stage.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Kaur also had addressed Lopez’s mother in court, expressing condolences for the family’s loss.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of address

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“Field.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/field. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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