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Definition of fieldsnext
plural of field
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as in zones
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 battlefields
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 airfields
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 actions
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

present tense third-person singular of field

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Recent Examples of fields
Noun
The experiment showed that the 3D field could create electron states that conventional light fields cannot readily produce. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026 The deal between Big 12 and Monster calls for a co-branded logo on football and basketball jerseys, fields and courts, and across digital and social media channels. — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026 Dylan Edwards was too sick to practice with his Kansas football teammates on Wednesday morning on the fields adjacent to David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. — Gary Bedore october 3, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026 The book draws on research and real-world examples across multiple fields to make that case. — Wyles Daniel, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026 In 1984 the late mathematician Vaughan Jones introduced a new way to assign polynomials to knots, thereby tangling the two fields together. — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026 With few neighbors to speak of, save for a few sheep or cows in nearby fields, there’ll be no arguing over bedrooms—the views from each and every one are bucolic. — Katie Silcox, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026 Address entry should be equally effortless, ideally using a Google Maps–style autocomplete rather than manual form fields. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026 With sport fields and courts, playgrounds, a community center, pool, splash pad, and more, the spot is always buzzing with activity. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2026
Verb
Chicago White Sox left fielder Sam Antonacci (17) watches as shortstop Chase Meidroth (10) fields a ground ball and tags second base in the tenth inning of a game against the Cleveland Guardians at Rate Field on Wednesday, June 24, 2026. — Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026 Tony Stewart Racing made its NHRA debut in 2022 and fields entries for Hagan and Pruett. — Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026 In addition to managing contracts with more than 100 homeless service agencies, LAHSA fields teams of outreach workers. — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026 No one fields more questions about cruises than a travel advisor. — Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2026 For the Denton team, the case was an unusual one, but not entirely out of the ordinary for a shelter that fields all kinds of calls. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026 The fire department fields about 15,000 calls a year, many of them resulting in an emergency transport to a hospital. — Jonny Williams, The Providence Journal, 10 Aug. 2026 The county fields safety questions about parks of all sizes and in parts of town with varying socioeconomic backgrounds. — Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026 The lab positioning itself this week as the careful holdout, the one warning that open weights cannot be recalled, also fields the most capable offensive agent on the leaderboard. — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fields
Noun
  • Ming Yang, a Chinese manufacturer, has already been blocked from building a factory in Scotland on national security grounds.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The house and its grounds form the backbone of filming locations, though certain spaces on the property were either too cramped or did not provide the right lighting for film production.
    — Juliet Izon, Architectural Digest, 2 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The governor of New York on Monday declared a disaster emergency because of measles cases in neighboring states and in rural areas of New York.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The spa itself is worthy of a visit, with spaces over three floors with an indoor-outdoor pool, spacious treatment rooms, outdoor relaxation areas, and steam and sauna rooms.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Construction zones proliferated in the area after the January 2025 fires that destroyed local homes and businesses, resulting in reduced speed limits.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Williams heads up the Rory Peck Trust, which provides funds and training to aid the security of freelance journalists who are reporting in perilous zones.
    — David Folkenflik, NPR, 4 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Deepening ties between Russia and Iran have been improving prospects for both countries on their respective battlefields, from Ukraine to the Middle East.
    — Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor, 6 Oct. 2026
  • In the war-and-plague story of Volume II, the wartime siege of Constantinople exacerbates the extreme heat and causes the ruin of the city as well as the eventual spread of the epidemic from the battlefields to the wider world.
    — Eileen Hunt, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Operation Slingshot shows how KC-130J aircraft can deliver fuel, maintenance gear and personnel to remote airfields supporting F-35B fighters.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2026
  • An International Civil Aviation Organization code, or better known as ICAO, is used to designate airfields.
    — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • With its affinities for isolation and, at times, imposing scale, Land art conjures archaeology and the geological sublime—vast expanses of space and time.
    — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Arid canyons and rocky expanses with little vegetation are conducive to flash flooding and the tropical weather adds more risk, said Andrew Mangham, senior service hydrologist for the National Weather Service in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
    — Martín Silva Rey, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Arrests near schools or colleges have increased, though enforcement actions on campuses are extremely uncommon.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Similar actions have come from Tennessee, Kentucky, and beyond.
    — Kent Sepkowitz, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • This addresses a younger consumer and elevates Heinemann’s beauty offer with a strong local brand partner, which comes with its own selection highly dedicated to beauty subcategories.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • This solution addresses the issue where the input field is obscured by the on-screen keyboard.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026

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

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