field1 nounfield2 verb
fieldfield1 /fiːld/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countable] 
WORD ORIGINfield1
Origin:
Old English feldEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- fields full of cotton
- a field of wheat
- a football field
- Bartlett defeated a crowded field of candidates for the job of mayor.
- birds such as skylarks whose habitat is open fields and farmland
- Cole is the most noted expert in the field.
- Keith has a degree in engineering, but couldn't find a job in his field.
- Laycock is one of the most brilliant psychiatrists in the field.
- Several school playing fields have been sold off to raise money.
- Some open spaces north of the city will be made into sports fields for leisure activities.
- The field for the user's name is 25 characters long.
- The crowd cheered as the players ran onto the field.
- The fans cheered as he walked off the field.
- The football field was too muddy to play on, so the game was cancelled
- There are good employment opportunities in the field of healthcare, particularly nursing.
- These fields boast among the highest professional wages in the nation.
- We passed cows grazing in the fields.
- We went out onto the school playing fields to watch a game of football.
- Webster is a great success in his chosen field.
- What exactly is your field of study?
- A few were experts in the field.
- Follow the path to the field corner.
- Meanwhile thy various subcommittees reported on public expenditure in their fields.
- Men may work periodically as day laborers on others' fields, as carpenters, or masons.
- Our family had harvested the cabbage and turnips from our field and were preparing to wash and salt them.
- The fields flood in winter and in summer dry and starve because every plant grows to the same depth.
THESAURUS
noun [countable] an area of land in the country, especially one where crops are grown or animals feed on grass: · a wheat field· Cows were grazing in the field.
noun [countable] a field with wild grass and flowers: · alpine meadows
noun [countable] a small field in which horses are kept: · Horses are much happier in a big paddock with several other horses.
noun [countable, uncountable] land or a field that is covered with grass and is used for cattle, sheep etc to feed on: · large areas of rough upland pasture· cow pastures
Longman Language Activatoran area of knowledge, duties, study etc an area of knowledge, activity, or responsibility: · They fund research in areas like information technology.area of: · The President has won new support because of his reforms in the areas of health and education.· Nordstrom does research in the area of heart disease.
a subject or area of study, especially one that you know a lot about: · Keith has a degree in engineering, but couldn't find a job in his field.the field: · Laycock is one of the most brilliant psychiatrists in the field.field of: · There are good employment opportunities in the field of healthcare, particularly nursing.
one part of a large area of study or knowledge: branch of: · Trigonometry is a branch of mathematics.· He's interested in the branch of international law that deals with war crimes.
an area of activity or work - use this especially when talking about all the people who work in that area: business/fashion/hi-tech etc world: · Jaffrii is now one of the richest and most successful men in the business world.· the fashion worldthe world of something: · the fast-paced world of technology
formal an area of activity, interest, or knowledge to which something belongs: · The abortion issue has shifted from the political to the religious domain.male/female domain: · In the US, manual labor remains a male domain.
formal a general area of thought, interest, or knowledge: · the spiritual realmthe realm of something: · new discoveries in the realm of science
an area of activity, interest, knowledge etc, especially one that people consider should be respected or admired: · Mitchell's greatest achievements have been in the diplomatic sphere.in scientific/political etc spheres: · She has a solid reputation in scientific spheres.
land that is owned by someone or is used for something land that is owned by someone or that can be used for farming or building houses: · They moved to the country and bought some land.· Get off my land!piece/plot of land: · Each family was given a small piece of land where they could grow food for themselves.farmland (=land that can be used for farming): · There is a shortage of suitable farmland in the south of the country.
land that belongs to a country or that is controlled by a country during a war: · Miller had accidentally crossed into Iraqi territory and was arrested for spying.enemy territory (=land controlled by an enemy): · His plane was shot down over enemy territory.
relating to land that is owned or controlled by a particular country or government: · A committee has been set up to deal with territorial disputes in the area.· The country has suffered substantial territorial losses in this war.
an area of land that is part of a farm, or that is used for playing sports: · We passed cows grazing in the fields.· a football fieldfield of: · a field of wheatplaying field British (=a field where sports are played): · We went out onto the school playing fields to watch a game of football.open fields: · birds such as skylarks whose habitat is open fields and farmland
the gardens and land around a big building such as a castle, school, or hospital: · Have you ever been to Penryn Castle? The grounds are beautiful.the palace/school/hospital grounds: · The nurse said I could go for a short walk around the hospital grounds.
a place where you do a sport a large area of ground, usually covered in grass, where team sports are played: · The crowd cheered as the players ran onto the field.baseball/football/sports etc field: · The football field was too muddy to play on, so the game was cancelled· Some open spaces north of the city will be made into sports fields for leisure activities.playing field: · Several school playing fields have been sold off to raise money.
British a sports field: · Some of the fans rushed onto the pitch at the end of the matchcricket/football etc pitch: · The village has attractive playing fields, with a football and cricket pitch.
an area with lines painted on the ground, where two people or teams play a game such as tennis or basketball: · The courts are floodlit at night so that you can play all the year round.tennis/basketball/squash etc court: · The new leisure complex has a sauna, jacuzzi, swimming pool and tennis courts.
British a building where you can do various different sports: · The council is planning to build a multi-million pound leisure centre outside the town.
a building where there are machines that you can use to do exercises that make you fitter and stronger, or where you can do exercise classes etc. A gym is also a large room that is built especially for sports to be played in, for example in a school or university: · I've just signed up for an exercise class at the gym.· Ed goes to the gym to do weight training several times a week.· It was raining, so we had to play football in the gym this afternoon.
a place where you can swim, consisting of a large hole in the ground that has been built and filled with water, either outdoors or inside a building: · The house, with its own tennis court and swimming-pool, is for sale at £700.000.· There's an open air pool at Woodstock that's great when it's really hot.· What we want is a hotel with a big heated pool, in case it rains.
a large sports field with seats all around it, where people go to watch sports: · The stadium has a capacity of at least 10,000.football/baseball/sports stadium: · Denver has a new airport, a new baseball stadium, and a reputation as a good place to live.
a subject that you study at school or university one of the things that you study at school or university, for example English, history, or mathematics: · English was my favourite subject at school.· What subjects are you studying?
American the main subject that you study at university: · "What was your major?" "Political Science".
one of the areas of knowledge such as history, chemistry, economics etc that is studied and taught at a university: · The traditional academic disciplines are less popular among students, who now prefer subjects such as business studies.· a new artificial intelligence project involving researchers from a wide range of disciplines
an area of knowledge that is studied by scientists or by people studying it at a very high level, for example in a university: · These fields boast among the highest professional wages in the nation.in the/his/her etc field: · Cole is the most noted expert in the field.· Webster is a great success in his chosen field.field of work/study/research etc: · What exactly is your field of study?
the place where a war is fought the place where two armies fight a battle: · Thousands died on the battlefields of northern France.
the place where an army is closest to the enemy and where the fighting takes place: · We were now just a few kilometres behind the front line.the Western/Eastern/Russian etc front: · Her grandfather had four years on the Western Front.
an area which is very dangerous because a war is being fought there: · the latest news from the war zone· Aid workers returning from the war zone reported seeing groups of rebels waving white flags.
the time or the place where there is fighting - use this especially to talk about fighting in general: on the field of battle: · It is better to negotiate than to settle political disputes on the field of battle.in the field: · The new weapon has not yet been tried out in the field.· He was awarded a medal for distinguished service in the field.
British /theater American a large area in which a war is being fought, especially when the war is taking place in several different areas or countries: Pacific/European/Middle East etc theatre: · It was in the Pacific theater of the war that the US won its first major victories.· Many of NATO's nuclear weapons in the European theatre are obsolete.
relating to an area where a lot of damage has been caused by war and fighting: · In 1941, Margaret E. Ray escaped war-torn France and landed in New York.· The plan offered long-term aid to war-torn Europe.
WORD SETSagrarian, adjectiveagribusiness, nounagro-, prefixagro-industry, nounanimal husbandry, nounanimal rights, nounartificial insemination, nounbale, nounbale, verbbarn, nounbarnyard, nounbattery, nounbiotechnology, nounbreadbasket, nounbreed, verbbreeding, nounbroiler, nounbroiler chicken, nounBSE, nounbuckaroo, nounbull, nounbutcher, verbbyre, nouncapon, nouncattleman, nouncattle market, nouncattle prod, nounchaff, nounchicken, nounchicken run, nouncollective farm, nouncoop, nounco-op, nouncorral, nouncorral, verbcowboy, nouncowgirl, nouncowhand, nouncowpoke, nouncreamery, nouncroft, nouncrofter, nouncrofting, nouncultivate, verbcultivation, noundairy, noundairy cattle, noundairy farm, noundairymaid, noundairyman, nounDDT, noundip, verbdip, noundirt farmer, noundrover, noundry-stone wall, noundude ranch, nounDutch barn, nounextensive agriculture, factory farming, nounfallow, adjectivefarm, nounfarm, verbfarmer, nounfarmhand, nounfarmhouse, nounfarming, nounfarmland, nounfarmstead, nounfarmyard, nounfeedstock, nounfield, nounfishery, nounfish farm, nounfish meal, nounflail, verbflail, nounfleece, nounfodder, nounfold, nounfoot and mouth disease, nounforage, nounfowl, nounfree-range, adjectivefungicide, noungamekeeper, noungeld, verbgenetically modified, adjectivegentleman farmer, nounGM, adjectivegoatherd, noungraft, noungraft, verbgranary, noungreenhouse, noungreen revolution, nounGreen Revolution, nounhacienda, nounharrow, nounhatchery, nounhayloft, nounhaymaking, nounhaystack, nounheifer, nounhen house, nounherbicide, nounherd, nounherd, verbherdsman, nounhigh-yield, adjectivehired hand, nounhomestead, nounhomestead, verbhopper, nounhorticulture, nounhusbandry, nounhutch, nouninsecticide, nounintensive agriculture, irrigate, verbJersey, nounkibbutz, nounlamb, verbland agent, nounlasso, nounlasso, verblift, verblitter, nounlivestock, nounlonghorn, nounmad cow disease, nounmanure, nounmeat, nounmerino, nounmilk, nounmilk churn, nounmilking machine, nounmilking parlour, nounmilkmaid, nounmixed farming, nounmower, nounmuck, nounmuckheap, nounnursery, nounoast house, nounorangery, nounorchard, nounorganic, adjectiveorganic farming, paddock, nounpaddy, nounpasturage, nounpasture, nounpasture, verbpastureland, nounpen, nounperpendicular, adjectivepest, nounpesticide, nounpiggery, nounpigpen, nounpigsty, nounpigswill, nounpitchfork, nounplantation, nounplanter, nounplough, nounplough, verbploughboy, nounploughman, nounploughshare, nounpoultry, nounproducer, nounpullet, nounPYO, raise, verbranch, nounrancher, nounranching, nounrange, nounranger, nounrear, verbrick, nounrubber, nounrun, nounrustle, verbscarecrow, nounscythe, nounsharecropper, nounshare-cropper, nounshear, verbshearer, nounsheep-dip, nounsheepdog, nounsheep-pen, nounshepherd, nounshepherdess, nounsickle, nounsilage, nounsilo, nounslaughter, verbslaughterhouse, nounsmallholding, nounsow, verbsow, nounsprayer, nounstable, nounstable, verbstable boy, nounstall, nounstation, nounsteer, nounstock, nounstockbreeder, nounstockman, nounstockyard, nounstubble, nounsty, nounswill, nounswine, nounswineherd, nountenant farmer, nounterrace, nounthresh, verbthreshing machine, nountractor, nountrough, nountruck farm, nountrue, adverbudder, nounvillein, nounvineyard, nounweedkiller, nounweevil, nounwheat, nounwheatgerm, nounwheatmeal, nounwinnow, verbwool, nounwrangler, nounyoke, nounyoke, verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYADJECTIVES/NOUN + field
the Moon’s gravitational field US companies lead the world in biotechnology. He was a pioneer in the field of biotechnology. a hillside planted with fir trees a ploughed field
· In summer the rice fields were lush and green.
· I saw a fox run across the open field.
· All around the house were green fields and rolling hills.
(=one used for growing crops)· Barley was growing in the arable fields surrounding the castle.
(=one with crops growing on it)· The valley is an area of lush greenery and cultivated fields.
· It was difficult walking across the ploughed field.
phrases· The road was surrounded by fields of corn.
verbs (=make long deep lines in the ground so that you can grow crops)· The farmer was using a tractor to plough the field.
(=do farm work)· Most villagers work in the fields during the day.
· We crossed the field and came to the barn.
· I walked across the field to the gate.
(=they eat the grass growing there)· Cattle were grazing in the field below.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (=including a lot of different things)· Psychobiology is a broad area covering many different topics.
(=have one of your party's members competing for election)· The Green Party decided not to field a candidate in Darlington.
· Texas produced half of the US cotton crop.
(=area of ground where cricket is played)· the school cricket field
(=one that takes place in the real world, not in a laboratory)· In field experiments, we used patients who did not know that it was a test situation.
(=the subject or activity that someone is skilled in)· a historian whose area of expertise is the Roman Empire
the Moon’s gravitational field US companies lead the world in biotechnology. He was a pioneer in the field of biotechnology. a hillside planted with fir trees a ploughed field (=answer a lot of questions)· He fielded questions from reporters about the announcement.
· This is a very exciting area of research.
· The village has its own sports field.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Both Mercury and Mars have gravitational fields too low to retain an atmosphere.· Let us return to our sphere of particles dropping in a gravitational field.· The gravitational field generated in its productive phase by the legislative cycle attracted items from several diverse sources.· Both Earth and Moon have gravitational fields that allow bodies that would have missed them without their gravitational attraction to hit them.· As the star shrank, the gravitational field at the surface would become stronger and the escape velocity would increase.· Now there was new prey for the clashing gravitational fields.· In practice instruments could not survive such a journey; they would be torn apart by the increasing gravitational field gradients.· In the Jupiter fly-by, the ship had used the gravitational field of the planet to increase her velocity.
· All round the small station were green fields and rolling hills.· There were green fields as far as the eye could see.· Scattered farmhouses, sentry telephone poles, and budding green fields flanked them on each side.· Telling my story, I looked at the green fields of wheat moving in the wind.· As for the regionally-planned green field sites for development, they are usually placed near new urban centres deliberately to provide employment.· Seen from the air this looked like a good green field to land in.· It appeared to be an old two-dimensional film presentation; an old fashioned oil-driven military vehicle was speeding across a verdant green field.
· He ignores information on the left even though he has no left visual field loss.· While he used more complex sentences consistently, some of them seemed to come out of left field.· Hey, here's one from left field.· Some of the griping comes out of left field.· Walk down the narrow road and cross the ladder stile on the left into a field.· Raul Mondesi stroked it crisply into left field for a single, ending the no-hitter.· Fans in Atlanta still talk about the shot Linares hit off the facade in left field in a 1993 exhibition game.· Leadoff hitter Brett Hardy, a lefty, hit a line drive to left field.
· That's ... that's because chromosomes are affected by electric and magnetic fields.· Iron might not have melted and sunk to form the liquid core, and the magnetic field would never have developed.· They cooled the sample below its critical temperature so it became superconducting, then applied an increasingly strong magnetic field.· The magnetic field that led to its discovery had vanished at the moment of that radio shriek.· Weak magnetic fields have been detected in surface rocks.· This was expected to be a clue to changes in stellar magnetic fields.· It is linked to the magnetic field of the transmitted wave - not the turns of the coil.· The flow of a magnetic field is taken from magnetic north pole to magnetic south pole.
· Good fishing in the Ancre - not that I ever caught anything. Open fields with some large woods and copses.· The other four factors are virtually an open field.· Before that it was simply a part of the open fields of Great Bowden, a village a mile or two away.· Within minutes, police shot a dozen tear-gas canisters into the crowd, gathered on an open field.· With air conditioned offices and a very pleasant aspect across open fields.· They all crossed the road and hurried down an open field, and then he jumped another fence.· The door is as still as the sky; is as open as fields.· The Aug. 24-Sept. 3 trek covers Cape Province wineries, private gardens, open fields and a flower show.
· On this playing field, actions speak louder than words.· Other improvement measures include a playing field and recycled and painted border railings.· It would not even create a truly level playing field.· At the bottom end of the playing fields is a rocky outcrop.· The Sport and Recreation Department offers some of the finest indoor sports facilities and outdoor playing fields in the province.· I understand your contractors maintain the grass outside the neighbouring bungalows and trim the hedges round the playing field.· The windows of the Methodist Church adjoining the playing field have been broken numerous times.· There is a playing field with equipment for the younger members of the community, and a football and cricket pitch.
· One kind is vivid, detailed, colorful, large, and in the center of the visual field.· Frequent measurements of visual fields and acuity are obtained to detect optic nerve damage.· You find that cells in adjacent parts of the visual cortex are activated by stimulation in adjacent parts of the visual field.· You get a visual on the field with-out having to go over everything in detail.· The two forged blocks set up a visual field where the entire space becomes a manifestation of sculpture.· Figure 10.1 shows the percentage difference in correct identification of stimuli between visual fields for each condition.· He ignores information on the left even though he has no left visual field loss.· All the women had full visual fields.
NOUN· In the years between Swann and Burnage the media had in any case had a field day.· His nomination could be a field day for Democrats.· The tabloid newspapers would have a field day.· Conspiracy buffs are having a field day speculating about White House motives.· Any bacteria that may be in the food will have a field day and grow.· Well, the crackpots will have a field day with these revelations, Holmes!· Secretive sects also had a field day.· The slippery, deceptive Mr Clinton will have a field day.
· On October 15, 1994, Silje was playing with them on a local football field.· At 14 stories high and three football fields in length, it is the biggest passenger ship afloat.· We don't have any factories or co-ops here in Alcala, but we've got a marvellous football field.· The area, which is the size of about 10 football fields, easily hosts thousands of visitors.· The only time he wasn't was on the football field.· He donated $ 20, 000 for construction of a fitness center at the high-school football field.· It's a bit like scoring a goal on a football field when all the other players are men.· Brad was a hero on the football field, and Annette cheered him on as a majorette.
· Moreover there are indications that in this gas field a secondary fracture porosity may exist.· On the liquids front condensate is being produced at the Kapuni on-shore gas field.· No gas fields occur in the Bramsche and Vlotho Massifs, although in the past many boreholes have been drilled there.· Privatization of oil and gas fields A decision to privatize oil and gas fields was announced on Oct. 1.· The Atyrausk zone contained oil and gas fields.
· I had never kicked a field goal like that in the snow.· But the taping of the ankle allows him to kick field goals and extra points.· The first three times they got inside the Saints' 20-yard line, Jeff Wilkins kicked field goals.· Their chances of getting close enough for a winning field goal with more than seven minutes remaining seemed very high.· Sure, Florida State had another late field goal sail wide right.· Wilkins kicked a 35-yard field goal.· He made 11 of 15 field goals.
· Since the field officer is a loner, he controls his output to a substantial degree.· My field officers and adjutant were all dead.· Our detectives and field officers are to be debriefed Monday night by case supervisors.· Each district is policed by a field officer responsible to an area supervisor.· Henry Bergson, an experienced field officer, was assigned to be 3d Brigade night duty officer.· The field officer, after all, has the power to make a discharger spend a substantial sum of money.· These senior officers supervise the activities of the one or two assistant field officers also found in most areas.
· A third appraisal of this potentially significant heavy oil field will be drilled in 1993.· For many residents of the oil fields, Pemex executives seem little different from the foreign overlords they replaced.· The resultant computer models are used in oil field development.· A slim slice of those revenues has always been cut for the communities in the oil fields, local politicians say.· Now the armed forces are working the oil fields.· The downturn in the energy industry dragged on so long that workers drifted away and oil field equipment became outdated.· He himself grew up in slums, in one-horse towns, in abandoned oil fields.
· Where quantitative analysis requires mathematical and computer skills, area studies require language training and extensive field research.· Extensive field research can mean long periods living under adverse conditions to which the researcher is unaccustomed.· Moreover, funding organizations may be less inclined to support projects that envision long periods of field research.· Secondly, this list of headings conveys a quite false impression of how field research is conducted.· His contribution lay firstly in his intensive field research, quite novel by the standards of his time.· The approach to pro-active searches is well established and involves a combination of desk and field research.· What is the role of field research within the market research process? 4.· The achievement of these aims imposed certain restrictions on the methods used during this stage of the field research.
· Isn't it true that the men steal from the rice fields?· You could die dawn there with my cousin Trung, in some bloody Delta rice field.· The main area, still submerged, was contoured under water-all for rice fields that were no longer needed.· Women gathered at streams to wash clothes and gossip, and they weeded rice fields by hand.· Several species are regarded as troublesome weeds in rice fields and irrigation ditches.· Most rice fields were owned in unequal shares, and the produce was distributed accordingly when the crop was harvested.· Gandhi the rice field, Tagore the rose garden.
· Government ministers rely on the conclusions from the Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment prior to the field trials.· The organisation planned its first fibre field trials in 1974, and began them in 1977.· No proposed field trial has been rejected by the Committee.· Mainsborne, as the system is called, is being installed for field trials in 1000 houses in London and Milton Keynes.· The use of molecular markers will sharply reduce or even eliminate field trials.· The results of field trials with a live test are currently being evaluated and the Ministry refuses to comment on them.· Field trials to start Interruptible tariffs will soon be tested in two years of field trials costing about £1.5 million.
· A few field trips are also arranged.· Kerin and classmates were on a field trip from Horizon Middle School in Ferndale, about 150 miles north.· The rest went on books, equipment, stationery and field trips.· In middle school, your children would rather attend your execution than have you attend their field trip.· He shows her a text message sent by Emily asking how the field trip is going.· Those schools have taken field trips to their local missions.· When the students return from the field trip, Emily is dismayed when Gina does not get off the minibus.· Students can now see a field trip, the descriptions and the student reports.
VERB· In the home market, it led the field by a long way, with 4,337,487 units sold.· McGee led the qualifying field with 71.· They soon arrived at a gate that led into a field and Jack was forced to stop.· He led the nation in field goal percentage for several weeks.· The Doctor and his companion were led across a field to an archaeological dig.· And so saying, he led me over the fields to his childhood home.· Swanson and Percival continued to show excellent form, leading home their respective fields.
· The end came when Edward's royal standard was seen to be leaving the field.· The states still could, but the federal government had left the field: the forty-eight governors stood there alone.· The spectators began to leave the field.· Rain had fallen all morning, leaving the field better suited for mud wrestling than for football.· He left the field wide open for whatever the other players in this charming charade might suggest.· In addition, she is able to return and visually locate objects that have left her field of vision.· Mina was the first to leave for the fields.· Which left the field of supposed second-stringers that I had trouble naming the other day.
· I would often see her watching me as I played in the fields.· The use of a network-based infrastructure reduces the cost and levels the playing field for both small and large businesses.· The 25 acres of the Peffermill playing fields are within easy reach from the main areas of the University.· We know that Darren Daulton is playing right field because his surgically repaired knees will no longer permit him to catch.· Better chance to play the field.· We usually played in the fields and around the barns and straw ricks together.· When will we have a level playing field in Northern Ireland with fair competition between all ports?· Most plans have called for reducing its size and putting the playing field closer to the fans.
· It would have been easier to drive across a ploughed field.· There was no more open country now; we camped always on dark, ploughed fields.· These are the monuments to generations of individual farmers ploughing and draining their fields.· The ploughed fields were purple and Ambadji, larger now but still riding the horizon, was blue on pale pink.· In Suffolk it was customary until recent years to plough a field in stetches or lands of varying widths.· He went back as directed, and found the man he had in mind, who was ploughing his family fields.· Dumont does not scruple to show the naked corpse, left on the edge of a ploughed field.· How can we have grain without oxen to plough the fields?
· Sampling techniques were adopted from statisticians working in the fields of biology and botany.· She is seen working in the field and laboratory with her daughter, Shawnette.· The project will continue to serve as a centre for other scholars working in this field.· They set her to work in a field where it was so hot she practically burned her feet.· This can save a great deal of time when they are being worked in the field.· I can place the farmer, working in the fields.· In this way courses are enriched with case studies and presentations from experts working in relevant fields.· Although they enjoyed working in their field of specialty, a career in management was appealing.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► leave the field clear for somebodyPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► chosen field/career/profession etc► If I should die, think only this of me:/That there’s some corner of a foreign field/That is forever England► a level playing field► level the playing field
1- Civilians walked miles to villages away from the field of battle.
- He was awarded a medal for distinguished service in the field.
- It is better to negotiate than to settle political disputes on the field of battle.
- The new weapon has not yet been tried out in the field.
- It no more lies within the field of morals than does a cross-word puzzle.
- Policemen were equipped with self-loading rifles, jeeps and even armoured tractors to chase militants into the fields.
- Punches are being thrown, instruments are flying, and the field is littered with funny hats.
- Rice dresses immaculately and stylishly at all times, on the field and off.
- She had indeed shown little interest in the fields her great-aunt had left, probably because he had the use of them.
- That was the hardest part, using the field sales information without making Wilkinson look bad.
- With a circular iris, the focus is maintained in both dimensions of the field of view.
- His head would explode, and his field of vision would contract until he was almost blind.
- It will be appreciated that the precise nature of the degree or defect in acuity or field of vision is highly individual.
- Mrs LaRue smiled and moved away from my field of vision.
- Some evidence for this point of view is given under validation - sensitivity across the field of view.
- The serious aerial photographer will be looking for adjustment through vertical and horizontal axes so that the field of view is precise.
- With astonishment, I saw distinct black specks dancing in the field of view.
- With increased power, the field of view becomes smaller, and with increased aperture the binoculars become heavier.
- Without turning my head, I see them as clearly as though in my normal field of vision.
- Andy and John are on an ice field in Zanskar now, toiling slowly up toward the monastery.
- Cross-country skiing is very popular and cable cars and ski lifts take the skiers up to the snow fields.
- Early in the programme a few specimens of achondrites were found in both the Allan Hills and Yamato ice fields.
- This ice field was steeper than the first, and twice as high.
- Harry blundering into the field of fire.
- The best place for most artillery is on a hill commanding a wide field of fire with long clear lines of sight.
- The first is that it preserves a clear field of fire for my missile troops.
- We had a good field of fire all round in case the enemy came out of the sunken road or over the hedge.
- We had triple concertina wire set up, claymores, and tripwires, and we even cut some fields of fire.
- All that is left is a strong, but invisible, gravitational field.
- All this occurs in magnetic fields very much above the maximum tolerated by the superconducting state.
- As the star shrank, the gravitational field at the surface would become stronger and the escape velocity would increase.
- At the upper critical field the magnetic field completely penetrated the sample and it reverted entirely to its normal state.
- In a few rare cases, lava flows on land have taken place just as the magnetic field was undergoing a reversal.
- It does raise the question of how pigeons detect the magnetic field.
- The flow of a magnetic field is taken from magnetic north pole to magnetic south pole.
- The radio waves, magnetic field and computer technology combine to produce vivid images of the body's soft tissue.
- A slim slice of those revenues has always been cut for the communities in the oil fields, local politicians say.
- A third appraisal of this potentially significant heavy oil field will be drilled in 1993.
- For many residents of the oil fields, Pemex executives seem little different from the foreign overlords they replaced.
- Moreover there are indications that in this gas field a secondary fracture porosity may exist.
- North Shields became the export base for much of the South East Northumberland coal field.
- The downturn in the energy industry dragged on so long that workers drifted away and oil field equipment became outdated.
- We do know that most coal fields began life as swamps about 300 million years ago in the Carboniferous period.
- Politicians and the media have had a field day with the incident.
- Any bacteria that may be in the food will have a field day and grow.
- In such situations, information biases have a field day...
- The court was agog and the journalists continued to scribble away, knowing they were about to have a field day.
- The slippery, deceptive Mr Clinton will have a field day.
- The tabloid newspapers would have a field day.
- They'd have a field day.
- Well, the crackpots will have a field day with these revelations, Holmes!
- Some of the griping comes out of left field.
- When something like this comes out of left field at you...
- While he used more complex sentences consistently, some of them seemed to come out of left field.
- Better chance to play the field.
- He gave up playing the field and married a year ago, to a sinewy woman called Cheryl Berkoff.
- Perhaps because he plays the field.
- So she had played the field, enjoying male company without getting in too deep or too seriously.
farm an area of land in the country, especially one where crops are grown or animals feed on grass: a view of green fields and rolling hillsfield of a field of wheatcorn/rice/wheat etc field working in the cotton fields2subject a subject that people study or an area of activity that they are involved in as part of their workfield of her work in the field of human rights Peter’s an expert in his field. He’s the best-known American outside the field of (=not connected with) politics.3sport an area of ground where sports are playeda baseball/football/cricket etc field the local soccer fieldon/off the field The team have had a bad year, both on and off the field. Fans cheered as the players took the field (=went onto the field).4practical work work or study that is done in the field is done in the real world rather than in a class or laboratoryin the field His theories have not yet been tested in the field.field trials/testing/research etc → field trip, fieldwork5competitors a)all the people, companies, products etc that are competing against each other: the field of candidates for the electionbe ahead of/lead the field (=be doing better than the others) Germany was leading the field with a figure of 53%. b)all the horses or runners in a race: Prince led the field (=was ahead of the others) as they came around the final bend.6magnetic/gravitational/force field the area in which a natural force is felt or has an effect: the Earth’s magnetic field7coal/oil/gas field a large area of land where coal, oil, or gas is found: North Sea oil fields8the field (of battle) the time or place where there is fighting in a war: The new tank has yet to be tested in the field. medals won on the field of battle9field of vision/view the whole area that you are able to see without turning your head10 snow/ice field a large area of land covered with snow or ice11field of fire the area that you can hit when you shoot from a particular position12leave the field clear for somebody to make it possible for someone to do something or to be successful at something, by not competing with them: Josh left the company, leaving the field clear for me.13computers in a computer document, an amount of space made available for a particular type of information: an empty field (=not yet written in) → have a field day at field day, → play the field at play1(31)COLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + fielda corn/wheat/rice etc field· In summer the rice fields were lush and green.an open field· I saw a fox run across the open field.a green field· All around the house were green fields and rolling hills.an arable field (=one used for growing crops)· Barley was growing in the arable fields surrounding the castle.a cultivated field (=one with crops growing on it)· The valley is an area of lush greenery and cultivated fields.a ploughed field· It was difficult walking across the ploughed field.phrasesa field of corn/wheat/rice etc· The road was surrounded by fields of corn.verbsplough a field (=make long deep lines in the ground so that you can grow crops)· The farmer was using a tractor to plough the field.work in the fields (=do farm work)· Most villagers work in the fields during the day.cross a field· We crossed the field and came to the barn.walk across a field· I walked across the field to the gate.cows/horses etc graze in a field (=they eat the grass growing there)· Cattle were grazing in the field below.THESAURUSfield noun [countable] an area of land in the country, especially one where crops are grown or animals feed on grass: · a wheat field· Cows were grazing in the field.meadow noun [countable] a field with wild grass and flowers: · alpine meadowspaddock noun [countable] a small field in which horses are kept: · Horses are much happier in a big paddock with several other horses.pasture noun [countable, uncountable] land or a field that is covered with grass and is used for cattle, sheep etc to feed on: · large areas of rough upland pasture· cow pasturesfield1 nounfield2 verb
fieldfield2 ●○○ verb [transitive] VERB TABLE
field
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | field |
| he, she, it | fields | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | fielded |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have fielded |
| he, she, it | has fielded | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had fielded |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will field |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have fielded |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am fielding |
| he, she, it | is fielding | |
| you, we, they | are fielding | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was fielding |
| you, we, they | were fielding | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been fielding |
| he, she, it | has been fielding | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been fielding |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be fielding |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been fielding |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Carlton fielded all five grounders hit his way.
- He fielded a soccer team with Argentinean and Brazilian talent.
- Babyface, despite having fielded a record-tying 12 nominations, netted only a few of the tiny gramophones.
- He unlatched his web again and swam about the cockpit, fielding flotsam.
- His instinct was aggressive in all respects, especially in the fielding.
- Ulster fielded four new caps, but were not overawed by a Saltire side which included six internationalists.
WORD SETS
action stations, nounaide-de-camp, nounairborne, adjectiveaircraft carrier, nounairlift, nounallied, adjectivearmour, nounarms control, nounarms race, nounarray, verbassault course, nounAWOL, adjectivebalance of power, nounbandmaster, nounbandsman, nounbase, nounbattle, nounbattle, verbbattle cry, nounbattlefield, nounbattlements, nounbeachhead, nounbivouac, nounblackout, nounblast, verbblitz, nounblockade, nounblockade, verbblockhouse, nounbloodshed, nounbody bag, nounbody count, nounbomb, verbbombard, verbbombardment, nounbomb disposal, nounboot camp, nounbowman, nounbreastplate, nounbridgehead, nounbunker, nouncall-up, nouncannonade, nouncapability, nouncaptain, nouncapture, nouncarrier, nouncashier, verbcenotaph, nounchief of staff, nouncitation, nouncivil defence, nounC.O., nouncommand, nouncommand, verbcommandant, nouncommander, nouncommander in chief, nouncommand post, nouncommissariat, nouncommissary, nouncommission, nouncommissioned officer, nounconquer, verbconquest, nounconscientious objector, nounconscript, verbconscript, nounconscription, nounconvoy, verbcookhouse, nounCorp., corporal, nouncorps, nouncounterinsurgency, nouncounterintelligence, nouncountermand, verbcounter-revolution, nouncourt-martial, nouncourt-martial, verbcross, noundawn raid, noundeath camp, noundemilitarize, verbdemobilize, verbdeploy, verbdetonate, verbdisarm, verbdisarmament, noundispatch, noundraft board, noundraft card, noundraft dodger, noundraftee, noundress uniform, noundrum major, noundump, nounechelon, nounencamp, verbenemy, nounengage, verbengagement, nounenlist, verbenlisted, adjectiveexchange, nounex-serviceman, nounex-servicewoman, nounfield, verbfirst lieutenant, nounfirst strike, nounflak jacket, nounflash, nounfort, nounfortress, nounfoxhole, nounFPO, front, noungas mask, noungeneral headquarters, nounGHQ, nounguardhouse, nounheadquarters, nounhigh command, nounHQ, nounincursion, nounindefensible, adjectiveinsignia, nouninstallation, nouninsubordination, nounintelligence, nouninternment, nouninvade, verbinvader, nouninvasion, nounkit bag, nounKP, nounlieutenant, nounline, nounMaj., major, nounmajor general, nounman, nounmarch, verbmarch, nounmarch-past, nounmarshal, nounmassacre, nounmassacre, verbmess, nounmess, verbmilitarism, nounmilitarized, adjectiveMilitary Academy, nounMilitary Cross, nounmilitary service, nounmilitia, nounmilitiaman, nounminuteman, nounmission, nounMP, nounmutineer, nounmutinous, adjectivemutiny, nounnational service, nounNATO, nounNCO, nounno-man's-land, nounnon-aggression, nounnon-aligned, adjectivenon-combatant, nounobjective, nounobservation post, nounoccupation, nounoccupy, verboffence, nounoffensive, adjectiveoffensive, nounofficer, nounoperation, nounorderly, nounoutflank, verboutpost, nounoverthrow, verboverwhelm, verbpact, nounpadre, nounparade, nounparamilitary, adjectiveparapet, nounpartisan, nounpassword, nounpatrol, nounperilous, adjectiveperiscope, nounpillbox, nounpincer movement, nounpost, verbPOW, nounpre-war, adjectiveprisoner, nounprisoner of war, nounPurple Heart, nounpush, nounputsch, nounPX, nounquarter, verbquartermaster, nounquell, verbR & R, nounraid, nounraid, verbrank, nounrebellion, nounrecapture, verbreconnaissance, nounreconnoitre, verbrecruit, verbrecruit, nounreinforce, verbrelieve, verbRemembrance Day, nounrepel, verbrequisition, verbretake, verbretire, verbretreat, verbretreat, nounreview, nounreview, verbribbon, nounsabre-rattling, nounsally, nounsalute, verbsalute, nounsalvo, nounsamurai, nounscorched earth policy, nounscout, nounscout, verbscramble, verbsecond lieutenant, nounsentinel, nounsentry, nounsentry box, nounsergeant, nounsergeant major, nounserviceman, nounservicewoman, nounSgt., shell, verbshelling, nounsiege, nounskirmish, nounstaff officer, nounstaging area, nounstandard-issue, adjectivestar, nounstation, nounstation, verbstrategic, adjectivestrategist, nounstrategy, nounstripe, nounstronghold, nounsuperpower, nounsuppress, verbsurgical strike, nounsurrender, verbsurrender, nountactical, adjectivetarget, nountarget, verbtask force, nountattoo, nountheatre, nountrench warfare, nountripwire, nountruce, nounturret, noununarmed, adjectiveunoccupied, adjectivevalour, nounveteran, nounvolunteer, nounvolunteer, verbwar chest, nounwar crime, nounwar cry, nounwar dance, nounwar effort, nounwarfare, nounwarhorse, nounwarlike, adjectivewarlord, nounwar memorial, nounwarmonger, nounwarrant officer, nounwarring, adjectivewarrior, nounwar-torn, adjectivewar widow, nounwar zone, nounwounded, adjectivezero hour, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The Ecology Party fielded 109 candidates. We fielded a team of highly talented basketball players. The Minister fielded questions on the Middle East. The press office fielded numerous calls from the media.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES the Moon’s gravitational field US companies lead the world in biotechnology. He was a pioneer in the field of biotechnology. a hillside planted with fir trees a ploughed field
The Ecology Party fielded 109 candidates. We fielded a team of highly talented basketball players. The Minister fielded questions on the Middle East. The press office fielded numerous calls from the media. (=including a lot of different things)· Psychobiology is a broad area covering many different topics.
(=have one of your party's members competing for election)· The Green Party decided not to field a candidate in Darlington.
· Texas produced half of the US cotton crop.
(=area of ground where cricket is played)· the school cricket field
(=one that takes place in the real world, not in a laboratory)· In field experiments, we used patients who did not know that it was a test situation.
(=the subject or activity that someone is skilled in)· a historian whose area of expertise is the Roman Empire
the Moon’s gravitational field US companies lead the world in biotechnology. He was a pioneer in the field of biotechnology. a hillside planted with fir trees a ploughed field (=answer a lot of questions)· He fielded questions from reporters about the announcement.
· This is a very exciting area of research.
· The village has its own sports field.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· A smartly dressed female presenter has to field calls from a small audience and international callers.· Many of the new workers are in training and should start fielding calls by late next week, she said.· So when the station came clean, they had to field several angry calls accusing them of pro-Nottingham Forest bias.· Around-the-clock, certified poison specialists field calls on 1970s-era phone consoles with rows of blinking white and red plastic buttons.· He fielded the phone calls and promised answers - answers which never came.· Later, they fielded the phone calls from recruiters, sat for home visits and helped their daughters sort out offers.
· The Green Party fielded 256 candidates, and averaged 1.3 percent of the vote.· Even before the crisis there had been talk of fielding a Popular Front candidate in Oxford.· They would have to field candidates for a variety of offices at regular intervals or risk being closed.· Labour are fielding a strong candidate in Alan Milburn.· Although it fielded no candidates in the prefectural contests, it won four seats in the national constituency.· It fielded four candidates who averaged just under 10 percent where they stood.· The Greens fielded 260 candidates in 2000 and won 81 races, mostly local.· At two state elections this month, Mrs Hanson stunned everyone by reappearing, fielding candidates and causing havoc with the results.
· Coaches often are left to feel abandoned as well, unable to field enough players, even in the smaller leagues.
· President Bob Palmer is expected to be among those fielding questions which should get pretty pointed.· A few other players checked their watches, eager to stop fielding questions that only the Games can really answer now.· He also caused consternation at the film's press conference by fielding almost all the questions himself.· And that presents a big problem for Gilbert town officials who field constant questions about voting, emergency services and insurance.· Since then, Carlton has coolly fielded questions for congressional inquisitors with wit and folksy aplomb.· Wednesday, Molinari fielded question after question about her presumed lack of bias in the anchor role.· The Rabari women made up lies on the spot to field the endless questions about me.
· Derry fielded their published side, at least nine of whom are expected to feature in next Sunday's Pairc An Iuir blockbuster.
· At the last two tournaments that Nomad played they fielded an illegal team and have subsequently been disqualified from these two tournaments.· Enough talent exists to field a team that can at least compete with anyone in the league.· A 15,000 crowd created a soccer-style atmosphere despite the fact that the tourists fielded essentially their second team.· It can now be said that you can field a team from scratch and beat the Clippers.· Not to be outdone, the staff are also fielding a strong team.· He joined a Swift factory that was fielding a five-strong team, and immediately found himself struggling to get on the pace.· Leeds fielded a team of youngsters.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► chosen field/career/profession etc► If I should die, think only this of me:/That there’s some corner of a foreign field/That is forever England► a level playing field► level the playing field
1if you field a team, an army etc, they represent you or fight for you in a competition, election, or war: - For the first time in the season, Gergiev is fielding the cast initially promised, and the singing is superlative.
- He joined a Swift factory that was fielding a five-strong team, and immediately found himself struggling to get on the pace.
- In an extensive media publicity campaign last week the Natural Law Party announced they would be fielding candidates in each constituency.
- Labour are fielding a strong candidate in Alan Milburn.
- The Liberal Democrats are fielding Chris Pym.
- The Natural Law Party, which is fielding 313 candidates, unveiled its long-awaited party election television broadcast last night.
- Politicians and the media have had a field day with the incident.
- Any bacteria that may be in the food will have a field day and grow.
- In such situations, information biases have a field day...
- The court was agog and the journalists continued to scribble away, knowing they were about to have a field day.
- The slippery, deceptive Mr Clinton will have a field day.
- The tabloid newspapers would have a field day.
- They'd have a field day.
- Well, the crackpots will have a field day with these revelations, Holmes!
- Some of the griping comes out of left field.
- When something like this comes out of left field at you...
- While he used more complex sentences consistently, some of them seemed to come out of left field.
- Better chance to play the field.
- He gave up playing the field and married a year ago, to a sinewy woman called Cheryl Berkoff.
- Perhaps because he plays the field.
- So she had played the field, enjoying male company without getting in too deep or too seriously.
The Ecology Party fielded 109 candidates. We fielded a team of highly talented basketball players.2to answer questions, telephone calls etc, especially when there are a lot of them or the questions are difficult: The Minister fielded questions on the Middle East. The press office fielded numerous calls from the media.3be fielding the team that is fielding in a game of cricket or baseball is the one that is throwing and catching the ball, rather than the one hitting it OPP be batting4if you field the ball in a game of cricket or baseball, you stop it after it has been hit