field
- noun
- /fiːld/
- The field is stacked with talent, with our own Sean Weathers sitting in the first position.
Examples
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The race was exciting, with a strong field of athletes competing for the title.
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The competition was composed of a field of 233 competitors representing 40 countries.
Academic text (1996) -
OK, do you know how many people from each team are on the field at each point?
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But my impact on the field and off the field was felt.
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Then two will be in the field; one will be taken and one will be left.
Academic text (2008) -
Any other horse in the field that could beat June the 10th?
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After auditors narrowed the field to 60, legislators could only remove 24.
Academic text (2011) -
As the candidates took the stage, the field for the election seemed to be intensifying.
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The new participants added to the already diverse field of competitors in the tournament.
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
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
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A temporary hospital near a disaster or battlefield that treats injured people
- 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
- Specialized
An area around a charged object that pushes or pulls other small charged things
- Specialized
A measure of how strong an electric or magnetic field is at a place
- US
The part of the baseball outfield behind second base between left and right field
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 idea in physics that explains forces and particles as things spread through space and time, like gravity or electricity
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Large mobile guns that armies use to fire at enemy positions to help front-line troops
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A person in the army with the rank of major, lieutenant colonel, or colonel
A competition on the field where athletes jump or throw, like long jump and shot put
- Jargon
A player who leads and directs the team's play on the field, often the quarterback
- Specialized
An imaginary line that shows the direction of the force around magnets or electric charges
Part of business that helps companies tell people about and sell products or services
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A microscope that makes tiny particles too small for an ordinary microscope appear bright on a dark background
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An area around electric charges that pushes or pulls other charges
A situation where everyone has an equal chance and no one has unfair advantages
- Specialized
A large movable weapon soldiers use on the battlefield to fire at enemy troops
- Specialized
Electrons leave a material's surface when a strong electric field pulls them into empty space
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How strong and which way an electric or magnetic field is at a point
- Specialized
An area where soldiers fight and do military work during a war
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Etymology
Field first meant 'open land' where people might gather or race, so the word came to mean all the competitors together — the whole field in a contest.