playing field
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3.8
- noun
- /ˈpleɪɪŋ fiːld/
:
campo de juego
- I think that most small businesses have such an opportunity to level the playing field in this environment.
- a level playing field
- create a level playing field
- even the playing field
In the family, the workplace, the playing field, the classroom?
- In the family, the workplace, the playing field, the classroom?
- So it wouldn't be an even playing field, right?
- And also because the the playing field is level.
- First things first, let's even the playing field.
- They were all along, they were skewing the playing field.
- What we offer is that expertise that does help level the playing field.
- I think that'll level out the playing field.
- And that's also very, that really levels the playing field.
- And then I'm going to provide you with some strategies to succeed in this new playing field of the intention economy.
- So all this is to suggest that the playing field has been reconfigurated.
- kind of get yourself on a level playing field on, you know, get yourself as
- And how much of that stance is that this evens the playing field?
- And now it's kind of like, oh, did we just equal the playing field a little bit more?
Examples
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Even today it's not an even playing field.
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The world is a "level playing field" because anyone and everyone has access to the same markets.
Academic text (1993) -
And now it's kind of like, oh, did we just equal the playing field a little bit more?
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Finally, a level playing field for people like us.
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We're supposed to be on an equal playing field.
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And hopefully making things such that we all have an equal playing field, that we all have the same starting line.
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Pressures to level the playing field, of course, are not new.
Academic text (1992) -
There is no fairness in a level playing field between nations of vastly different levels of development.
Academic text (1994) -
Lawyers also complain that while mandatory disclosure may level the playing field, it is the "big guy" who gains yardage.
Academic text (1995) -
Programs aimed at helping minorities can level the playing field in job opportunities.
Synonyms
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3.5
A situation where everyone has the same fair chance to succeed
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3.3
A situation where everyone has an equal chance and no one has unfair advantages
A situation where people or companies compete to succeed
Antonyms
How Fair
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a metaphorical extension of the literal 'playing field' (a sports ground) to mean the conditions or circumstances for competition; a learner who knows 'playing' and 'field' will likely infer a sports/competition relation but may not reliably derive the abstract sense of 'conditions' or 'fairness' without prior exposure. The sports-field metaphor exists in many languages, which supports partial predictability but not full compositional transparency.
Etymology
Playing field is also used as a picture of fairness: if all teams play on the same field they have the same chance to win, so people use playing field to mean 'the conditions where people compete', especially about being fair to everyone.