field
- noun
- /fiːld/
- The children played soccer on the field every Saturday morning.
- a playing field
- a football field
- a baseball field
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Watch on YouTubeWhen I'm on the field, I feel strong.
- When I'm on the field, I feel strong.
- So I hope to see you guys on the field, Baby go Vols.
- No, we were on a softball field that said that's her.
- If you get hurt on the pitch or on the field, you fall down, you're hurt.
- There was an NFL football player that died on the field and the game went on.
- When you get on the field, put everything you have into it.
- Now, when my football player or actor comes off this field or stage, are they different?
- And then and you got to get on the field to actually succeed.
- I'm thinking like when you go past Memorial Field and that's Astoria Blvd.
Examples
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And by the middle of the week on the hockey field, we were divided.
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That guy gets cheered every time he walks on a field.
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We got a man down on the field.
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And he should have been off the field.
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When I'm on the field, I feel strong.
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Young people needed playing fields and he ensured they had them.
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Every other Friday, C Company meets down at the football field for aggressiveness training.
Fiction book (1992) -
His teammates slapped his back as he walked off the field with his coach.
Academic text (2011) -
The shouts, laughter, and music from the field where the games were held had ceased.
Fiction book (1991) -
Walking across the athletic fields at St. Mary's College of Maryland, nothing looks out of the ordinary.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
An area of ground marked for playing sports like soccer
An area of land prepared and marked for playing sports
An area marked and prepared for sports, like a field or court
An area of land people prepare and keep for playing sports like soccer or track
Idioms
Make the situation different so some people have a better chance to win
Compounds
- Specialized
An area around a magnet or electric current where a magnet's force moves objects
The part of the outfield on the left side in baseball and the player who plays there
- US
The part of the baseball outfield behind second base between left and right field
- US
An area of grass or artificial grass marked for playing soccer with goalposts
A team sport played on grass where players use curved sticks to hit a small hard ball into a goal
- Specialized
An area around a charged object that pushes or pulls other small charged things
- Specialized
A temporary hospital near a disaster or battlefield that treats injured people
An area where broken pieces from an accident or storm are spread over the ground
- Specialized
The space around a planet or other object that pulls things toward it
- Specialized
The area you can see at one time, for example through a camera or telescope
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An idea in physics that explains forces and particles as things spread through space and time, like gravity or electricity
- Specialized
A measure of how strong an electric or magnetic field is at a place
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A person in the army with the rank of major, lieutenant colonel, or colonel
An area of land people prepare and keep for playing sports like soccer or track
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A wire wrapped around a magnet that makes a magnetic field in motors and generators
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An imaginary line that shows the direction of the force around magnets or electric charges
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Large mobile guns that armies use to fire at enemy positions to help front-line troops
A situation where everyone has an equal chance and no one has unfair advantages
A competition on the field where athletes jump or throw, like long jump and shot put
Part of business that helps companies tell people about and sell products or services
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A region around the Sun where magnetic forces affect charged particles
- Jargon
A player who leads and directs the team's play on the field, often the quarterback
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A branch of physics explaining how very small particles and fields interact
- Literature
A situation where a person's charm makes others ignore real problems
- Specialized
A large movable weapon soldiers use on the battlefield to fire at enemy troops
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Etymology
Field originally meant 'open land', so a sports field is simply a marked open area made for play and games, like a football or soccer field.