field sport
- noun
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deporte de campo
- At the summer camp, the kids can engage in various field sports such as soccer and cricket.
Examples
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MD is strong for their field sports such as field hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.
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Many children enjoy playing team games like football and rugby, which are popular field sports.
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My brother plays several field sports, including rugby and lacrosse, every weekend.
Synonyms
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1.0
A physical activity like football or tennis played for fun and competition
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1.9
An activity done outside that uses the body and has rules, like hiking or football
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A game played outside that involves active play, like soccer or hide-and-seek
An outdoor team game played on a large marked grass or turf area like football
How Open-Air
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a sport played outdoors on a field' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'field' (playing ground) with 'sport' (organized physical activity). This modifier+head compound follows a common compositional pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The phrase field sport comes from the simple picture of a field, an open grassy place, where people play a sport. So it became the name for games played 'outdoors' on a field, like football, rugby, or cricket.