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playing field
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playing field
n.
1. A field for games such as football and soccer.
2. The conditions or circumstances in which competition takes place: a level playing field for all candidates.

playing field
n
(General Sporting Terms) Chiefly Brit a field or open space used for sport
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Noun1.playing field - the circumstances under which competition occurs; "the government's objective is to insure a genuinely level playing field for American industry and commerce in Europe"
circumstance - a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
2.playing field - a piece of land prepared for playing a gameplaying field - a piece of land prepared for playing a game; "the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field"
scene of action, arena - a playing field where sports events take place
ball field, baseball field, diamond - the baseball playing field
court - a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played; "players had to reserve a court in advance"
football field, gridiron - the playing field on which football is played
palaestra, palestra - a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes
sports stadium, stadium, arena, bowl - a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
bowling green - a field of closely mowed turf for playing bowls
midfield - (sports) the middle part of a playing field (as in football or lacrosse)
Translations
playing field ncampo sportivo

playing field ملعب رياضي hřiště sportsplads Spielfeld χώρος παιχνιδιού campo de juego pelikenttä terrain de jeu sportski teren campo da gioco グラウンド 경기장 speelveld idrettsplass boisko sportowe campo de jogos площадка для игр idrottsplan สนามกีฬา oyun alanı sân chơi 运动场


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The team, consisting of the NPFA director Alison Moore Gwyn and Fields manager John James Sharrock, is visiting India in the context of an MoU signed between the National Playfields Association of India (NPFAI) and the Fields in Trust, UK.
Spoiled private-school children empty out of uptown co-ops, get miserably high and proceed to Rumsey Playfield in Central Park for an celebration that includes a performance by Ricky Skaggs and Big Head Todd & the Monsters (Diana Ross it ain’t) not to mention—oh, dear—“family planting and mulching projects.
Fans travelled from as far as Scotland, Germany and Sweden to bounce balls through 80 different playfields of challenging obstacles on Saturday and yesterday CAPTION(S): PIN KINGS.
 
 
 
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