Sekirov Dictionary

field

/ˈfi(ː)ld/

noun 29
verb 6
forms 3
phrases 11

noun29

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an open area of land on a farm where food plants are grown or animals are kept
- There were some cows grazing in a field.
- A crop circle was made in a corn field.
When coupled with a number (e.g. two-field) used to define types of crop rotation, denoting the number of different crop types (and possibly fallow) that are used.
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A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.
- There are several species of wild flowers growing in this field.
[usually plural] The open country near or belonging to a town or city.
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A domain of study, knowledge or practice.
- He was an expert in the field of Chinese history.
A place where competitive matches are carried out.
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A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield.
- Tarry, sweet soul, for mine; then fly abreast, As in this glorious and well-foughten field We kept together in our chivalry! — 1599
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An area reserved for playing a game or race with one’s physical force.
- Substitutes are only allowed onto the field after their boots are checked.
A place where competitive matches are carried out with figures, or playing area in a board game or a computer game.
A physical phenomenon (such as force, potential or fluid velocity) that pervades a region; a mathematical model of such a phenomenon that associates each point and time with a scalar, vector or tensor quantity.
A physical or virtual location for the input of information in the form of symbols.
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A section of a form which is supposed to be filled with data.
- The form has fields for each element of the customer's home address and shipping address.
- PHP 5 Forms Required Fields at W3Schools From the validation rules table on the previous page, we see that the "Name", "E-mail", and "Gender" fields are required. These fields cannot be empty and must be filled out in the HTML form.
A component of a database in which a single unit of information is stored.
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An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value, subject to virtual access controls.
- Read-only fields allow you to establish a point of data whose value is not known at compile time, but that should never change once established. — 2007
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A realm of practical, direct or natural operation, contrasted with an office, classroom, or laboratory.
- The design needs to be field-tested before we commit to manufacture.
- Field work traditionally distinguishes true archaeologists from armchair archaeologists.
The extent of a given perception.
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All of the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or all except the favourites in the betting.
- This racehorse is the strongest in a weak field.
A region containing a particular mineral.
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A competitive situation, circumstance in which one faces conflicting moves of rivals.
- Dr. Finn understood enough of elections for Parliament, and of the nature of boroughs, to be aware that a candidate’s chance of success is very much improved by being early in the field. — 1869
An airfield, airport or air base; especially, one with unpaved runways.
The outfield.
An unrestricted or favourable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement.
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A non-zero commutative ring in which all non-zero elements are invertible; a simple commutative ring.
- Whereas a ring has three binary operators: (1) an additive operator, (2) a subtractive operator, and (3) a multiplicative operator, a field has four binary operators: the three ring binary operators and (4) a divisive operator. (N.B.: Only the additive and multiplicative operators are axiomatic. The subtractive operator may be derived by combining the additive and the unary negative operators; the divisive operator may be derived by combining the multiplicative and the unary inversive operators.)
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The background of the shield.
- The field of the arms (shield), which is vert (green), represents the open country of Great Britain. — 1957
The background of the flag.
The part of a coin left unoccupied by the main device.
Any of certain structures serving cognition.
Part (usually one half) of a frame in an interlaced signal.
(no longer used) The team in a match that throws the ball and tries to catch it when it is hit by the other team (the bat).

verb6

To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.
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To answer; to address.
- She will field questions immediately after her presentation.
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To place (a team, its players, etc.) in a game.
- The away team fielded two new players and the second-choice goalkeeper.
To deploy in the field.
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To be the team catching and throwing the ball, as opposed to hitting it.
- The blue team are fielding first, while the reds are batting.
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To execute research (in the field).
- He fielded the marketing survey about the upcoming product.

forms

fielded · fielding · fields

Phrases with field

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