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Field  (fld), Cyrus West 1819-1892.

American merchant and financier who planned and oversaw the laying of the transatlantic telegraph cable (completed 1866).

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Field, Eugene 1850-1895.

American writer known for his children's verse, especially "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" and "Little Boy Blue."

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Field, Marshall 1834-1906.

American merchant who organized Marshall Field and Company, the largest wholesale and retail dry goods establishment of the late 1800s.

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field  (fld)

n.

1.

a. A broad, level, open expanse of land.

b. A meadow: a field of buttercups.

c. A cultivated expanse of land, especially one devoted to a particular crop: a field of corn.

d. A portion of land or a geologic formation containing a specified natural resource.

e. A wide unbroken expanse, as of ice.

2.

a. A battleground.

b. A battle.

c. The scene or an area of military operations or maneuvers.

d. A military area away from headquarters.

3.

a. A background area, as on a flag, painting, or coin: a blue insignia on a field of red.

b. Heraldry The background of a shield or one of the divisions of the background.

4. Sports

a. An area in which an athletic event takes place, especially the area inside or near to a running track, where field events are held.

b. The portion of a playing field having specific dimensions on which the action of a game takes place.

c. All the contestants or participants in an event, especially all the contestants except the favorite or the winner in a contest of more than two.

d. The members of a team engaged in active play.

e. The body of riders following a pack of hounds in hunting.

5.

a. An area of human activity or interest: several fields of endeavor.

b. A topic, subject, or area of academic interest or specialization.

c. Profession, employment, or business.

d. An area or setting of practical activity or application outside an office, school, factory, or laboratory: biologists working in the field; a product tested in the field.

e. An area or region where business activities are conducted: sales representatives in the field.

6. Mathematics A set of elements having two operations, designated addition and multiplication, satisfying the conditions that multiplication is distributive over addition, that the set is a group under addition, and that the elements with the exception of the additive identity form a group under multiplication.

7. Physics A region of space characterized by a physical property, such as gravitational or electromagnetic force or fluid pressure, having a determinable value at every point in the region.

8. The usually circular area in which the image is rendered by the lens system of an optical instrument. Also called field of view.

9. Computer Science

a. A defined area of a storage medium, such as a set of bit locations or a set of adjacent columns on a punch card, used to record a type of information consistently.

b. An element of a database record in which one piece of information is stored.

c. An interface element in a GUI that accepts the input of text.

adj.

1. Growing, cultivated, or living in fields or open land.

2. Made, used, or carried on in the field: field operations.

3. Working, operating, or active in the field: field representatives of a firm.

v. field·ed, field·ing, fields

v.tr.

1. Sports

a. To retrieve (a ball) and perform the required maneuver, especially in baseball.

b. To place in the field to play: field a team.

2. To respond to: fielded tough questions from the press.

3.

a. To place in competition.

b. To put into action: field an army of campaign workers.

4. Computer Science To enter (data) into a field.

v.intr. Sports

To play as a fielder.

Idiom:

take the field

To begin or resume activity, as in military operations or in a sport.

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[Middle English, from Old English feld; see pel-² in Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: field, bailiwick, domain, province, realm, sphere, territory
These nouns denote an area of activity, thought, study, or interest: the field of comparative literature; considers marketing to be her bailiwick; the domain of physics; the province of politics; the realm of constitutional law; a task within his assistant's sphere; the territory of historical research.

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field [fiːld]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) an open tract of uncultivated grassland; meadow Related adj campestral

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a piece of land cleared of trees and undergrowth, usually enclosed with a fence or hedge and used for pasture or growing crops a field of barley

3. (Team Sports / Soccer) a limited or marked off area, usually of mown grass, on which any of various sports, athletic competitions, etc., are held a soccer field

4. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) an area that is rich in minerals or other natural resources a coalfield

5. (Military) short for battlefield, airfield

6. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) the mounted followers that hunt with a pack of hounds

7. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Racing)

a.  all the runners in a particular race or competitors in a competition

b.  the runners in a race or competitors in a competition excluding the favourite

8. (Team Sports / Cricket) Cricket the fielders collectively, esp with regard to their positions

9. a wide or open expanse a field of snow

10.

a.  an area of human activity the field of human knowledge

b.  a sphere or division of knowledge, interest, etc his field is physics

11.

a.  a place away from the laboratory, office, library, etc., usually out of doors, where practical work is done or original material or data collected

b.  (as modifier) a field course

12. the surface or background, as of a flag, coin, or heraldic shield, on which a design is displayed

13. (Physics / General Physics) Also called field of view the area within which an object may be observed with a telescope, microscope, etc.

14. (Physics / General Physics) Physics

a.  See field of force

b.  a region of space that is a vector field

c.  a region of space under the influence of some scalar quantity, such as temperature

15. (Mathematics) Maths a set of entities subject to two binary operations, addition and multiplication, such that the set is a commutative group under addition and the set, minus the zero, is a commutative group under multiplication and multiplication is distributive over addition

16. (Mathematics) Maths logic the set of elements that are either arguments or values of a function; the union of its domain and range

17. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) Computing

a.  a set of one or more characters comprising a unit of information

b.  a predetermined section of a record

18. (Communication Arts / Broadcasting) Television one of two or more sets of scanning lines which when interlaced form the complete picture

19. Obsolete the open country beasts of the field

hold or keep the field to maintain one's position in the face of opposition

in the field

a.  (Military) Military in an area in which operations are in progress

b.  actively or closely involved with or working on something (rather than being in a more remote or administrative position)

lead the field to be in the leading or most pre-eminent position

leave the field Informal to back out of a competition, contest, etc.

take the field to begin or carry on activity, esp in sport or military operations

play the field Informal to disperse one's interests or attentions among a number of activities, people, or objects

26. (Military) (modifier) Military of or relating to equipment, personnel, etc., specifically designed or trained for operations in the field a field gun a field army

vb

1. (Team Sports / Cricket) (tr) Sport to stop, catch, or return (the ball) as a fielder

2. (Team Sports / Cricket) (tr) Sport to send (a player or team) onto the field to play

3. (Team Sports / Cricket) (intr) Sport (of a player or team) to act or take turn as a fielder or fielders

4. (Military) (tr) Military to put (an army, a unit, etc.) in the field

5. (tr) to enter (a person) in a competition each party fielded a candidate

6. (tr) Informal to deal with or handle, esp adequately and by making a reciprocal gesture to field a question

[Old English feld; related to Old Saxon, Old High German feld, Old English fold earth, Greek platus broad]

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Field [fiːld]

n

(Biographies / Field, John (1782-1837) M, Irish, MUSIC: composer, MUSIC: pianist, TECHNOLOGY: inventor) John. 1782-1837, Irish composer and pianist, lived in Russia from 1803: invented the nocturne

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field  (fld)

1. A distribution in a region of space of the strength and direction of a force, such as the electrostatic force near an electrically charged object, that would act on a body at any given point in that region. See also electric fieldmagnetic field

2. The region whose image is visible to the eye or accessible to an optical instrument.

3. A set of elements having two operations, designated addition and multiplication, satisfying the conditions that multiplication is distributive over addition, that the set is a group under addition, and that the elements with the exception of the additive identity (0) form a group under multiplication. The set of all rational numbers is a field.

4.

a. In a database, a space for a single item of information contained in a record.

b. An interface element in a graphical user interface that accepts the input of text.

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Field competitors in a sporting event; the runners in a horse race; a stretch or expanse.

Examples: field of benefits, 1577; of clouds, 1860; of cricketers, 1850; of hounds [hunting], 1806; of horses [racing], 1771; of huntsmen, 1806; of ignorance, 1847; of miracles, 1712; of raillery; of runners [in races]; of stars, 1608; of woes, 1590.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	field - a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed; "he planted a field of wheat" curtilage, grounds, yard - the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a small house with almost no yard" campus - a field on which the buildings of a university are situated firebreak, fireguard - a narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire grain field, grainfield - a field where grain is grown lawn - a field of cultivated and mowed grass paddy field, rice paddy, paddy - an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel - an extended area of land
	2.	field - a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought; "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields" battlefield, battleground, field of battle, field of honor battlefront, front line, front - the line along which opposing armies face each other sector - a portion of a military position parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel - an extended area of land
	3.	field - somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected; "anthropologists do much of their work in the field" region - a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; "penguins inhabit the polar regions"
	4.	field - a branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings" discipline, field of study, subject area, subject field, bailiwick, subject, study occultism - the study of the supernatural communication theory, communications - the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); "communications is his major field of study" major - the principal field of study of a student at a university; "her major is linguistics" frontier - an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development; "he worked at the frontier of brain science" genealogy - the study or investigation of ancestry and family history allometry - the study of the relative growth of a part of an organism in relation to the growth of the whole bibliotics - the scientific study of documents and handwriting etc. especially to determine authorship or authenticity ology - an informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge knowledge base, knowledge domain, domain - the content of a particular field of knowledge science, scientific discipline - a particular branch of scientific knowledge; "the science of genetics" architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use" applied science, engineering science, technology, engineering - the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems; "he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study" futuristics, futurology - the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions arts, humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts - studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills); "the college of arts and sciences" theology, divinity - the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth military science - the discipline dealing with the principles of warfare escapology - the study of methods of escaping (especially as a form of entertainment) graphology - the study of handwriting (especially as an indicator of the writer's character or disposition) numerology - the study of the supposed occult influence of numbers on human affairs protology - the study of origins and first things; "To Christians, protology refers to God's fundamental purpose for humanity" theogony - the study of the origins and genealogy of the gods
	5.	field - the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it field of force, force field physical phenomenon - a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy electric field - a field of force surrounding a charged particle gravitational field - a field of force surrounding a body of finite mass magnetic field, magnetic flux, flux - the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle radiation field - a field that represents the energy lost from the radiator to space
	6.	field - a particular kind of commercial enterprise; "they are outstanding in their field" field of operation, line of business business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business"
	7.	field - a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit" arena, domain, sphere, orbit, area environment - the totality of surrounding conditions; "he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room" distaff - the sphere of work by women front - a sphere of activity involving effort; "the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front"; "they advertise on many different fronts" kingdom, realm, land - a domain in which something is dominant; "the untroubled kingdom of reason"; "a land of make-believe"; "the rise of the realm of cotton in the south" lap - an area of control or responsibility; "the job fell right in my lap" political arena, political sphere - a sphere of intense political activity preserve - a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone; "medicine is no longer a male preserve" province, responsibility - the proper sphere or extent of your activities; "it was his province to take care of himself"
	8.	field - a piece of land prepared for playing a game; "the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field" athletic field, playing area, playing 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) parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel - an extended area of land
	9.	field - extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth" champaign, plain flat - a level tract of land; "the salt flats of Utah" flood plain, floodplain - a low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding dry land, ground, solid ground, terra firma, earth, land - the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground" llano - an extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America) moorland, moor - open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss peneplain, peneplane - a more or less level land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements snowfield - a permanent wide expanse of snow steppe - extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia) tundra - a vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen
	10.	field - (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; "the set of all rational numbers is a field" math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement set - (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols; "the set of prime numbers is infinite" scalar field - a field of scalars
	11.	field - a region in which active military operations are in progress; "the army was in the field awaiting action"; "he served in the Vietnam theater for three years" field of operations, theater of operations, theatre of operations, theatre, theater armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" theater of war, theatre of war - the entire land, sea, and air area that may become or is directly involved in war operations region - a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; "penguins inhabit the polar regions" combat area, combat zone - a military area where combat forces operate
	12.	field - all of the horses in a particular horse race horse racing - the sport of racing horses set - a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth"
	13.	field - all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event set - a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth"
	14.	field - a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found; "the diamond fields of South Africa" geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region - a demarcated area of the Earth coalfield - a region where there is coal underground gasfield - a region where there is natural gas underground oilfield - a region rich in petroleum deposits (especially one with producing oil wells)
	15.	field - (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures set - a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth" bit field - a field containing only binary characters
	16.	field - the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument) field of view visual percept, visual image - a percept that arises from the eyes; an image in the visual system microscopic field - the areas that is visible through a microscope operative field - the area that is open during surgery
	17.	field - a place where planes take off and land airfield, flying field, landing field aerodrome, airdrome, airport, drome - an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo airstrip, flight strip, landing strip, strip - an airfield without normal airport facilities apron - a paved surface where aircraft stand while not being used auxiliary airfield - an airfield that functions in a subsidiary capacity facility, installation - a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; "the assembly plant is an enormous facility" runway - a strip of level paved surface where planes can take off and land taxi strip, taxiway - a paved surface in the form of a strip; used by planes taxiing to or from the runway at an airport transportation, transportation system, transit - a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods flight line - place where airplanes are parked and the maintenance hangars (but not the runways or taxiways)
Verb	1.	field - catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket palm, handle - touch, lift, or hold with the hands; "Don't handle the merchandise"
	2.	field - play as a fielder athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition play - participate in games or sport; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches"
	3.	field - answer adequately or successfully; "The lawyer fielded all questions from the press" answer, reply, respond - react verbally; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation"
	4.	field - select (a team or individual player) for a game; "The Buckeyes fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose Bowl" choose, pick out, select, take - pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"

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field

noun

1. meadow, land, green, lea (poetic), pasture, mead (archaic), greensward (archaic or literary) They went for walks together in the fields.

2. pitch, park, ground, arena a football field

3. speciality, line, area, department, environment, territory, discipline, province, pale, confines, sphere, domain, specialty, sphere of influence, purview, metier, sphere of activity, bailiwick, sphere of interest, sphere of study They are both experts in their field.

4. line, reach, range, limits, bounds, sweep, scope Our field of vision is surprisingly wide.

5. competitors, competition, candidates, runners, applicants, entrants, contestants The two most experienced athletes led the field.

adjective

practical, applied, empirical The field research is headed by two biologists.

verb

1. (Informal) deal with, answer, handle, respond to, reply to, deflect, turn aside He fielded questions from journalists.

2. play, put up They intend fielding their strongest team.

3. (Sport) retrieve, return, stop, catch, pick up He fielded the ball and threw it at the wicket.

Related words
adjective campestral

Translations

field [fiːld]

A. N

1. (Agr) → campo m; (= meadow) → prado m (Geol) → yacimiento m

2. (Sport) → campo m, terreno m de juego, cancha f (LAm); (= participants) → participantes mpl; (for post) → opositores mpl, candidatos mpl
is there a strong field? → ¿se ha presentado gente buena?
to lead the field (Sport, Comm) → llevar la delantera
to take the field (Sport) → salir al campo, saltar al terreno de juego
to play the field → alternar con cualquiera

3. (= sphere of activity) → campo m, esfera f
field of activity → esfera f de actividades, campo m de acción
my particular field → mi especialidad
it's not my field → no es mi campo or especialidad, no es lo mío
what's your field? → ¿qué especialidad tiene Vd?
in the field of painting → en el campo or mundo de la pintura
to be the first in the field → ser líder en su campo

4. (= real environment) a year's trial in the field → un año de prueba en el mercado
to study sth in the field → estudiar algo sobre el terreno

5. (Comput) → campo m

6. (Mil) → campo m
field of battle → campo m de batalla
to die in the field → morir en combate

7. (Elec etc) → campo m
field of vision → campo m visual

8. (Heraldry) → campo m

B. VI (Baseball, Cricket) → fildear

C. VT (Sport) [+ team] → alinear (Baseball, Cricket) [+ ball] → recoger, fildear (fig) [+ question] → sortear

D. CPD field day N (Mil) → día m de maniobras
to have a field day → sacar el máximo provecho
field event N → concurso m (atlético)de salto/lanzamiento
field glasses NPL (= binoculars) → gemelos mpl
field gun N → cañón m de campaña
field hand N (US) → jornalero/a m/f
field hospital N → hospital m de campaña
field kitchen N → cocina f de campaña
field marshal N (Brit) → mariscal m de campo → capitán m general del ejército
field officer N → oficial mf superior
field sports NPL la caza y la pesca
field study N → estudio m de campo
field test, field trial N (Comm) → prueba f de mercado
field trip N → viaje m or excursión f de estudios
field work N (Sociol etc) → trabajo m de campo
field worker N → investigador(a) m/f de campo
see also field-test

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field [ˈfiːld]

n

(= meadow) → champ m
a field of wheat → un champ de blé

(containing oil, gas) → gisement m

(= area of expertise) → domaine m
He's an expert in his field → C'est un expert dans son domaine.

(SPORT) (= ground) → terrain m
a football field → un terrain de football

(SPORT) (= group of competitors) → concurrents mpl
a strong field of more than 200 → une sélection de haut niveau de plus de 200 concurrents
to lead the field [horse, rider] → être en tête (fig) (= be pre-eminent) → tenir le haut du pavé

(COMPUTING) → champ, zone f

to play the field → papillonner

electromagnetic field, field of vision

modif [test] → sur le terrain

vi (CRICKET) → être joueur de champ

vt

(= play) [+ team, player] → faire jouer

(= answer) [+ question] → répondre au pied levé à
field day n → grand jour m
to have a field day (= enjoy oneself) → s'en donner à cœur joie
to have a field day with sth → faire ses choux gras de qch

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field

n

(Agr) → Feld nt, → Acker m; (= area of grass) → Wiese f; (for cows, horses etc) → Weide f; corn/wheat field → Getreide-/Weizenfeld nt; potato field → Kartoffelacker m; we had a picnic in a field → wir machten auf einer Wiese Picknick; he’s working in the fields → er arbeitet auf dem Feld or Acker; the farm has 20 fields → der Hof hat 20 Felder; beasts of the field → Feldtiere pl; to cut across the fields → quer über die Felder gehen

(= coalfield, icefield, oilfield etc) → Feld nt

(for football etc: = ground) → Platz m; sports or games field → Sportplatz m; to take the field → auf den Platz kommen, einlaufen

(Mil) → Feld nt; field of battle → Schlachtfeld nt; noted for his bravery in the field → für seine Tapferkeit im Feld bekannt; to take the field → zur Schlacht antreten

(of study, work etc) → Gebiet nt, → Feld nt; to be first in the field with something (Comm) → als Erster etw auf den Markt bringen; to lead the field (in something) (→ in etw dat) → das Feld anführen; in all the fields of human endeavour (liter) → im gesamten menschlichen Trachten (liter); studies in the field of medicine → Studien auf dem Gebiet der Medizin; this is, of course, a very broad field → das ist natürlich ein weites Feld; what field are you in? → auf welchem Gebiet or in welchem Feld arbeiten Sie?; his field is Renaissance painting → sein Spezialgebiet ist die Malerei der Renaissance

(= area of practical observation or operation) → Praxis f; when a salesman goes out into the field → wenn ein Verkäufer in den Außeneinsatz geht; work in the field → Feldforschung f; (of sales rep) → Außendienst m; to test something in the field → etw in der Praxis or vor Ort ausprobieren

(Phys, Opt) → Feld nt; field of vision → Blick- or Gesichtsfeld nt; gravitational field → Gravitationsfeld nt, → Schwerefeld nt; field of force → Kraftfeld nt; magnetic field → Magnetfeld nt, → magnetisches Feld

(Sport: = competitors) → Feld nt; (Cricket, Baseball) → Fängerpartei f; the rest of the field (in race) → der Rest des Feldes, die übrigen Läufer; there’s quite a strong field for the race → das Teilnehmerfeld für das Rennen ist ziemlich stark; to hold off a strong field → sich gegen ein starkes Feld behaupten

(Comput) → Datenfeld nt; (on punch card) → Feld nt

(on flag, Her) → Feld nt, → Grund m

to play the field (inf) → eine Beziehung nach der anderen haben

vt

(Cricket, Baseball etc) ball → auffangen und zurückwerfen; (fig) question etc → abblocken, abwehren; he had to field calls from irate customers → er musste wütende Kunden am Telefon abwimmeln (inf)

team, side → aufs Feld or auf den Platz schicken

(Pol) candidate → aufstellen

vi (Cricket, Baseball etc) → als Fänger spielen; when we go out to field → wenn wir die Fänger(partei) stellen

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field:

field ambulance

n (Mil) → Sanka m, → Sanitätskraftwagen m

field artillery

n → Feldartillerie f

field day

n

→ Manöver nt

(US: for school sports) → (Schul)sportfest nt

(fig) I had a field → ich hatte meinen großen Tag; with the score at 6-0 the Scots are having a field against the English → beim Stand von 6:0 machen die Schotten jetzt die Engländer nach allen Regeln der Kunst fertig (inf)

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field:

field event

n (Athletics) Disziplin, die nicht auf der Aschenbahn ausgetragen wird

field games

pl → Feldspiele pl

field glasses

pl → Feldstecher m

field goal

n (US Basketball) → Korbwurf m → aus dem Spielgeschehen; (Ftbl) → Fieldgoal nt, → Feldtor nt

field gun

n (Mil) → Feldgeschütz nt

field hockey

n (US) → Hockey nt

field hospital

n (Mil) → (Feld)lazarett nt

field kitchen

n (Mil) → Feldküche f

field marshal

n (Mil) → Feldmarschall m

fieldmouse

n → Feldmaus f

field officer

n (Mil) → Stabsoffizier m

fieldpiece

n (Mil) → Feldgeschütz nt

field service

n (Comm) → Außendienst m

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field:

field sports

pl

→ Sport m → im Freien (Jagen und Fischen)

= field games

field staff

n (Comm) → Außendienstmitarbeiter(in) m(f)

field study

n → Feldforschung f; a field → eine Feldstudie

field test

n → Feldversuch m

field-test

vt → in einem Feldversuch/in Feldversuchen testen

field trip

n → Exkursion f

field work

n

(of geologist, surveyor etc) → Arbeit f → im Gelände; (of sociologist etc) → Feldarbeit f, → Feldforschung f

(Mil) → Feldbefestigung f, → Schanze f

field worker

n → Praktiker(in) m(f)

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field [fiːld]

1. n (gen) (Comput) → campo (Geol) → giacimento; (sphere of activity) → campo, settore m
to give sth a year's trial in the field (fig) → sperimentare qc sul campo per un anno
to study sth in the field → osservare or studiare qc sul campo
to die in the field (Mil) → cadere sul campo di battaglia
to take the field (Sport) → scendere in campo
to lead the field (Sport, Comm) → essere in testa, essere al primo posto
my particular field → la mia specialità, il mio campo or settore
field of vision → campo visivo

2. vt (team) → far giocare, far scendere in campo (Cricket) (catch, ball) → prendere

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field

n field [fiːld]

1 a piece of land enclosed for growing crops, keeping animals etc Our house is surrounded by fields. land; akker; landerye حَقْل ливада pole mark das Feld αγρός campo põld, nurm مزرعه pelto champ שָׂדֶה मैदान polje (szántó)föld ladang akur campo 畑 목초지 laukas lauks; tīrums ladang veld jorde, åker, eng pole campo câmp(ie) поле pole polje polje äng, hage ทุ่งนา tarla, otlak, mera 農田，牧場 поле چراگاہ ، کھیتی کے لۓ احاطہ đồng ruộng 农田，牧场

2 a wide area playing fields (= an area for games, sports etc ). speelveld; speelterrein مَلْعَب игрище hřiště grønt område das Feld γήπεδο campo, cancha (spordi)väljak زمین بازی؛ میدان kenttä terrain מִגרָש खेत igralište tér lapangan völlur campo, terreno 競技場 경기장 aikštė [] laukums padang veld mark, slette, bane, område boisko campo de jogos teren (спортивная) площадка ihrisko igrišče poljana plats, plan ลานกว้าง alan, saha (運動等)場地 майданчик وسیع میدان bãi 运动场

3 a piece of land etc where minerals or other natural resources are found an oil-field; a coalfield. olieveld حَقل معادِن، نَفْط находище naleziště felt; -felt das Feld περιοχή με φυσικό πλούτο yacimiento maardla ناحیه؛ میدان kenttä gisement שָׂדֶה विशेष अध्ययन tlo mező ladang svæði giacimento 産出地帯 (천연 자원의) 산지 telkinys atradne padang veld felt, leie zagłębie, pole jazida zăcământ месторождение nálezisko nahajališče polje fält เหมือง yatak 礦區 родовище زمین کا ٹکڑا mỏ 矿区

4 an area of knowledge, interest, study etc in the fields of literature/economic development; her main fields of interest. vakgebied; terrein حَقْل (معرِفَه)، مَجال област oblast område; fag das Gebiet πεδίο campo, terreno valdkond رشته ala domaine תְּחוּם कार्यक्षेत्र polje rada, struka, djelokrug terület, (érdeklődési) kör bidang (áhuga)svið campo 分野 영역, 분야 sfera, sritis darbības lauks; nozare bidang gebied fagfelt/-område dziedzina campo domeniu область, сфера деятельности oblasť področje polje område, gebit, fack สาขา alan, saha 領域 галузь, сфера علم کا کوئی شعبہ lĩnh vực 领域

5 an area affected, covered or included by something a magnetic field; in his field of vision. magnetiese veld; gesigsveld حَقْل مغناطيسي поле pole felt das (blick)Feld πεδίο campo väli میدان kenttä champ שָׂדֶה क्षेत्र polje, polje rada, područje mező medan (sjón/segul)svið campo 場 (전기, 자기(磁氣) 등의 힘의) 장(場) laukas lauks medan veld (magnet-/kraft)felt pole campo câmp поле pole polje polje fält สนาม alan 場 поле کسی چیز سے متاثر حلقہ trường 场

6 an area of battle the field of Waterloo; (also adjective ) a field-gun. slagveld; oorlogsveld مَيدان مَعرَكَه полесражение bitevní pole felt; felt-; slagmark das Schlachtfeld, Feld-... πεδίο μάχης campo de batalla lahinguväli آوردگاه؛ میدان taistelukenttä champ שְׂדֶה-קְרָב युद्ध भूमि bojište csatatér medan perang (víg)völlur campo (di battaglia) 戦場 전쟁터 kovos laukas lauka lielgabals medan perang slagveld slagmark pole bitwy campo câmp поле битвы bojové pole bojišče polje slagfält, fält- ลานประลอง meydan 戰場 поле бою لڑائی کا علاقہ chiến trường 战场

v

(in cricket, basketball etc) to catch (the ball) and return it. die bal keer; veldwerk doen يلتَقِط الكُره ويُعيدها хващам топка и я връщам chytit a vrátit spille i marken; være ude fangen und zurückwerfen πιάνω και γυρίζω την μπάλα (π.χ. στο κρίκετ) parar y devolver püüdma گرفتن و برگرداندن olla ulkovuorossa attraper et relancer לִתפוֹס וּלהַחזִיר चुलबुलाना, किसी वस्तु को इस तरह छूते रहना कि देखने वाले को खीज हो uhvatiti (loptu) megfog és visszadob (labdát krikettben, baseballban) tangkap bola grípa og senda í höfn prendere e rilanciare さばく 공을 잡아 처리하다 pagauti ir atmušti sviedinį (kriketā u.tml.) atsist bumbu menangkap terugspelen gripe/stoppe (ballen) og returnere zatrzymać i odrzucić piłkę interceptar a bola a prinde şi a arunca înapoi принимать мяч chytiť a vrátiť ujeti in vrniti prihvatiti loptu fånga och skicka tillbaka เก็บลูก topu yakalayıp atmak 接球，截球 приймати м'яч گیند کو روکنا اور واپس پھیکنا chặn và ném trả lại (chơi cricket) 接（截）球

n pl field-glasses

binoculars. verkyker مِنْظار المَيْدان далекоглед triedr feltkikkert der Feldstecher κιάλια gemelos, prismáticos välibinokkel دوربین صحرایی kiikarit jumelles מִשקֶפֶת dalekozor látcső keker sjónauki binocolo 双眼鏡 휴대용 소형 쌍안경 žiūronai lauka binoklis teropong jauh veldkijker kikkert lornetka binóculos binoclu полевой бинокль triéder daljnogled dvogled fältkikare กล้องส่องทางไกล el dürbünü 雙筒望遠鏡 бінокль دوربین ống nhòm 双筒望远镜

n fieldwork

work done outside the laboratory, office etc (eg collecting information). veldwerk عَمَل مَيداني събиране на информация práce v terénu feltarbejde; væren i marken praktische Arbeit (vor Ort) επιτόπια έρευνα trabajo de campo välitöö کارهای داخل محیط باز kenttätyö enquête sur le terrain עֲבוֹדַת שָׂדֶה क्षेत्रीय अध्ययन terenski rad külső munka, terepmunka kerja lapangan vettvangsrannsóknir lavoro/inchiesta sul campo 現地調査 실지 조사, 야외 작업 lauko darbas, medžiagos rinkimas faktu/materiāla vākšana uz vietas kerja lapangan veldwerk felt-/markarbeid praca w terenie trabalho de campo muncă de/pe teren сбор фактического материала práca v teréne terensko delo rad na terenu fältarbete การศึกษาและสำรวจในสถานที่จริง; การศึกษาภาคสนาม alan/arazi çalışması 現場工作 польові роботи; дослідження на місці مساحت، سائنسی یا سماجی معلومات جمع کرنے کا عملی کام sự thực nghiệm 现场工作

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Field → حقل pole mark Feld πεδίο campo pelto champ polje campo 野原 들판 veld jorde pole campo поле fält สนาม alan cánh đồng 田