field
1. a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed (Freq. 49)
- he planted a field of wheat
• Hypernyms:
tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel
• Hyponyms:
yard, grounds, curtilage, campus, firebreak,
firebreak, grainfield, grain field, lawn, paddy,
paddy field, rice paddy
2. a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought (Freq. 22)
- they made a tour of Civil War battlefields
• Syn:
battlefield, battleground, field of battle, field of honor
• Hypernyms:
tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel
• Instance Hyponyms:
Armageddon, Camlan
• Part Meronyms:
battlefront, front, front line, sector
3. somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected (Freq. 20)
- anthropologists do much of their work in the field
• Hypernyms:
region
4. a branch of knowledge (Freq. 18)
- in what discipline is his doctorate?
- teachers should be well trained in their subject
- anthropology is the study of human beings
• Syn:
discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field of study,
study, bailiwick
• Derivationally related forms:
study (for: study), disciplinary (for: discipline)
• Hypernyms:
knowledge domain, knowledge base, domain
• Hyponyms:
occultism, communications, communication theory, major, frontier,
genealogy, allometry, bibliotics, ology, science, scientific discipline,
architecture, engineering, engineering science, applied science, technology, futurology,
futuristics, humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, arts, theology,
theology, military science, escapology, graphology, numerology,
protology, theogony
5. the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it (Freq. 14)
• Syn:
field of force, force field
• Hypernyms:
physical phenomenon
• Hyponyms:
electric field, gravitational field, magnetic field, magnetic flux, flux, radiation field
6. a particular kind of commercial enterprise (Freq. 9)
- they are outstanding in their field
• Syn:
field of operation, line of business
• Hypernyms:
commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
7. a particular environment or walk of life (Freq. 8)
- his social sphere is limited
- it was a closed area of employment
- he's out of my orbit
• Syn:
sphere, domain, area, orbit, arena
• Hypernyms:
environment
• Hyponyms:
distaff, front, kingdom, land, realm,
lap, political arena, political sphere, preserve, province, responsibility
8. a piece of land prepared for playing a game (Freq. 8)
- the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field
• Syn:
playing field, athletic field, playing area
• Hypernyms:
tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel
• Hyponyms:
arena, scene of action, ball field, baseball field, diamond,
court, football field, gridiron, palestra, palaestra, bowling green
• Part Holonyms:
stadium, bowl, arena, sports stadium
• Part Meronyms:
midfield
9. extensive tract of level open land (Freq. 7)
- they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain
- he longed for the fields of his youth
• Syn:
plain, champaign
• Hypernyms:
land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma
• Hyponyms:
flat, floodplain, flood plain, llano, moor,
moorland, peneplain, peneplane, snowfield, steppe, tundra
• Instance Hyponyms:
Olympia, Nullarbor Plain, Serengeti, Serengeti Plain
10. (mathematics) a set of elements such that addition and multiplication are commutative and associative and multiplication is distributive over addition and there are two elements 0 and 1 (Freq. 7)
- the set of all rational numbers is a field
• Topics:
mathematics, math, maths
• Hypernyms:
set
• Hyponyms:
scalar field
11. a region in which active military operations are in progress (Freq. 4)
- the army was in the field awaiting action
- he served in the Vietnam theater for three years
• Syn:
field of operations, theater, theater of operations, theatre, theatre of operations
• Topics:
military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
• Hypernyms:
region
• Part Holonyms:
theater of war, theatre of war
• Part Meronyms:
combat zone, combat area
12. all of the horses in a particular horse race (Freq. 1)
• Topics:
horse racing
• Hypernyms:
set
13. all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
set
14. a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found
- the diamond fields of South Africa
• Hypernyms:
geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
• Hyponyms:
coalfield, gasfield, oilfield
15. (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information
• Topics:
computer science, computing
• Hypernyms:
set
• Hyponyms:
bit field
16. the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument)
• Syn:
field of view
• Hypernyms:
visual percept, visual image
• Hyponyms:
microscopic field, operative field
17. a place where planes take off and land
• Syn:
airfield, landing field, flying field
• Hypernyms:
facility, installation
• Hyponyms:
airport, airdrome, aerodrome, drome, airstrip,
flight strip, landing strip, strip, auxiliary airfield
• Part Holonyms:
transportation system, transportation, transit
• Part Meronyms:
apron, runway, taxiway, taxi strip, flight line
1. catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket (Freq. 1)
• Derivationally related forms:
fielder, fielding
• Hypernyms:
handle, palm
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. play as a fielder (Freq. 1)
• Derivationally related forms:
fielder, fielding
• Topics:
sport, athletics
• Hypernyms:
play
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
3. answer adequately or successfully
- The lawyer fielded all questions from the press
• Hypernyms:
answer, reply, respond
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. select (a team or individual player) for a game
- The Buckeyes fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose Bowl
• Hypernyms:
choose, take, select, pick out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
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