field
172
6.5
- noun
- /fiːld/
:
campo de batalla
- We don't put them on a field of battle without first making definitive ownership of that field with our resources.
- field of battle
- field commander
- field army
The whole field was covered with corpses.
- The whole field was covered with corpses.
- Still, they got paid less, way less than field officers.
Examples
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All could be in the field and ready to fight within two to three days.
Academic text (1999) -
They risked being taken out into a field and just shot.
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Shall we join now on the field of battle?
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We'll need them in the field if we're to win this war with England.
Fiction book (1993) -
Thousands died on that field.
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The whole field was covered with corpses.
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And, and, you know, as we took this turn to the southern field, we got into a pretty intense firefight.
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But it was a life-or-death situation for a JTAC operator in the field.
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"I have been shown in the files of the War Department "a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts "that you are the mother of five "sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle.
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The soldiers faced immense challenges as they fought bravely in the field.
Synonyms
228
3.2
An area where soldiers fight during a war
97
6.8
The line or area where opposing armies fight during a war
75
4.4
A place where people fight physically or argue strongly
60
7.7
A large area where soldiers fight during a war
10
5.2
An area where soldiers fight in a war
9
5.5
An area where soldiers are actively fighting during a war
5
5.8
The place where two armies face each other and fight
2
8.4
An area where fighting takes place during a war
1
7.5
An area of land, sea, or air where military fighting happens
1
8.3
A place where soldiers fought that people remember with respect
1
6.1
An area where soldiers fight the enemy
1
7.2
An area where soldiers fight and do military work during a war
Antonyms
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 Dangerous
Surface Forms
Etymology
Field is tied to the idea of open ground, which gives us battlefield, so a field in war means the area where military operations or battles take place.