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🎮 A game surface 🤝 A competition area
playfield

playfield

4.0
A situation where people or companies compete to succeed
  • noun
  • /ˈpleɪˌfiːld/
translation icon : campo de juego
  • In the championship match, both teams arrived at the playfield ready to give their best performances.

Examples

  • "Baby says he thinks the wood chips might help with the mud problem on the playfield down at Topawa."

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Selling like boards, selling playfield, selling merch, selling all sorts of fun things.

  • Amazon didn't institute a user review system to make sure all authors had a fair and balanced playfield.

    Blog text (32)

  • All six take the subway away from Rumsey Playfield, traveling underground like black slaves, and come up on 125th Street, all ready, checking their backs for possible drive-bys as they cross the street.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • The new policy aims to create a level playfield for all businesses, ensuring fair competition.

  • The organization worked hard to ensure that the economic playfield was fair for both large and small companies.

Synonyms

arena
vsplayfield
168 3.1

An area of activity or competition where people try to succeed

focuses on the situation or environment for competition, often in business or sports

How Competitive

playfield
4.0
arena
168 3.1
playground
46 1.0

Surface Forms

playfield singular
playfields plural

Morphology

playfield = play + field (semi-transparent) = play + field

The compound is recognizable, but this sense is a figurative extension meaning a domain of competition or interaction rather than a literal place for play.

Etymology

Playfield comes from the simple words play ('to take part in a game') and field ('open area'). Think of a sports field where teams compete; by extension, a playfield is any area or situation where people or companies compete.