field of regard
- noun
- Specialized
:
campo de visión
- From this vantage point, you can see the entire field of regard stretching out before you.
Examples
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While standing still, she took a moment to appreciate the field of regard around her, noting every detail in the landscape.
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The photographer adjusted his lens to capture the vast field of regard filled with mountains and valleys.
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Now check out the field of regard.
Synonyms
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1.0
The area you can see from one place
8
3.7
The whole area one eye can see without moving it
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4.2
The area you can see at one time, for example through a camera or telescope
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4.8
The area you can see when you look straight ahead
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8.7
The area you can see from where you are
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines 'field' (an area or range) with 'regard' (a look/visual attention) in a standard 'field of X' compositional pattern, so its meaning—the area visible or under one's look—is directly derivable from the parts. This is not idiomatic or metaphorical and so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words can infer the intended sense.
Etymology
The noun field of regard comes from the words field (an open area) and regard ('to look'). Imagine you stand still and turn your head; the whole area you can see at once is your field of regard, so the phrase means 'the area you can see from one place'.