field
∞
2.9
- noun
- /fiːld/
:
campo
- Our next guest is someone equally renowned in his own field.
- education field
- field of science
- experts in the field
So that's a second quite different field then maybe geometry.
- So that's a second quite different field then maybe geometry.
- Maybe from a totally different industry or field, but same group.
- So that's, I guess you would call that field data science.
- Krishna Shenoy was a giant in this field of motor prosthesis.
- And yet you're in a field where that's there.
- What's the the field change over the years?
- is what effect does human emotion in this field have on the shape
Examples
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So these are things from the field of psychology.
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So is this how it usually goes in the field?
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Three hundred hours of field training.
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Over the past few days, this field of beauty...
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The study of consciousness is a field which is quite wide.
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In our field, we don't have time to waste.
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Empathy has captured attention in diverse fields, such as the arts, education, medicine, and entertainment.
Academic text (2015) -
Her primary research interests are in the fields of tuberculosis epidemiology and public health.
Academic text (2015) -
Frankly, Dr. Norton and the Omni Foundation are the leaders in this field.
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The field of renewable energy is rapidly expanding as technology advances.
Synonyms
∞
2.3
A branch of study about a part of the natural world, like biology
752
2.0
A subject people study, like biology or history
465
2.2
A subject people learn about, like history or biology
305
1.6
An area of knowledge studied at school or university
229
3.0
A job that needs special training or education, like a doctor
205
4.3
An area of work or study that someone knows a lot about
168
3.1
An area of activity or competition where people try to succeed
150
4.2
An area of activity like politics or science
120
4.8
A part of life, work or society where people act and have influence
102
4.9
A subject studied at university, like physics or history
24
6.0
The group of people and things that are part of someone's life or work
13
4.1
A particular area of work or study that someone focuses on
9
3.0
A subject of learning like biology or history
6
3.0
A part of learning or teaching about one topic
2
4.1
A subject of science that studies a part of nature like physics or biology
1
3.6
An area of study at a school or university
1
7.4
A particular area of study or work someone focuses on
Idioms
Make the situation different so some people have a better chance to win
Compounds
- Specialized
67
4.0
An area around a magnet or electric current where a magnet's force moves objects
21
3.6
The part of the outfield on the left side in baseball and the player who plays there
- US
14
1.0
An area of grass or artificial grass marked for playing soccer with goalposts
12
2.3
A team sport played on grass where players use curved sticks to hit a small hard ball into a goal
- Specialized
11
3.8
A temporary hospital near a disaster or battlefield that treats injured people
- Specialized
8
4.6
The space around a planet or other object that pulls things toward it
- Specialized
8
4.2
The area you can see at one time, for example through a camera or telescope
- Specialized
7
3.9
An area around a charged object that pushes or pulls other small charged things
- Specialized
4
5.6
A measure of how strong an electric or magnetic field is at a place
- US
4
3.2
The part of the baseball outfield behind second base between left and right field
3
2.1
An area of land people prepare and keep for playing sports like soccer or track
- Specialized
3
6.3
A wire wrapped around a magnet that makes a magnetic field in motors and generators
- Specialized
3
8.3
An idea in physics that explains forces and particles as things spread through space and time, like gravity or electricity
- Specialized
2
5.8
Large mobile guns that armies use to fire at enemy positions to help front-line troops
- Specialized
2
4.6
A person in the army with the rank of major, lieutenant colonel, or colonel
1
3.4
A competition on the field where athletes jump or throw, like long jump and shot put
- Jargon
1
6.7
A player who leads and directs the team's play on the field, often the quarterback
- Specialized
1
7.6
An imaginary line that shows the direction of the force around magnets or electric charges
1
3.1
Part of business that helps companies tell people about and sell products or services
- Specialized
1
6.8
A microscope that makes tiny particles too small for an ordinary microscope appear bright on a dark background
- Specialized
1
7.4
An area around electric charges that pushes or pulls other charges
1
3.3
A situation where everyone has an equal chance and no one has unfair advantages
- Specialized
1
6.8
A large movable weapon soldiers use on the battlefield to fire at enemy troops
- Specialized
1
7.8
Electrons leave a material's surface when a strong electric field pulls them into empty space
- Specialized
1
7.7
How strong and which way an electric or magnetic field is at a point
- Specialized
1
7.2
An area where soldiers fight and do military work during a war
How Broad
Surface Forms
Etymology
Field once meant 'open land', and we now use it as a picture: a field of study is an area where ideas 'grow', so it means a particular area of work or knowledge.