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field game

field game

2.5
An outdoor team game played on a large marked grass or turf area like football
  • noun
translation icon : deporte de campo
  • According to this classification system, games can be categorized as territory, target, court, and field games.

Examples

  • Field games involve opposing teams taking turns to bat and to field.

    Academic text (1991)

  • The players practiced on the grass in preparation for the upcoming field game this weekend.

  • Many schools organize field games such as rugby and soccer during the spring season.

  • He loves playing field games because they involve teamwork and outdoor activity.

Synonyms

outdoor game
vsfield game
1 2.1

A game played outside that involves active play, like soccer or hide-and-seek

is specific to play on a marked playing area with set dimensions
field sport
vsfield game
2.7

A sport played outdoors on a field, like football or cricket

is specific to play on a marked playing area with set dimensions

Surface Forms

field game singular
field games plural

Morphology

field + game

The meaning 'an outdoor game played on a field' is directly and compositionally derived from 'field' (a playing ground) modifying 'game' (a recreational contest). This straightforward modifier+noun combination follows regular English compounding patterns and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Field game comes from the simple picture of a field (an open area of grass or land) and game (a sport you play). So field game means an 'outdoor game' played on a marked field, like football or field hockey.