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playing field

1. A field for games such as football and soccer, especially when marked according to specified dimensions according to the game's rules.

2. The conditions or circumstances in which competition takes place: a level playing field for all candidates.

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playing field

(General Sporting Terms) chiefly Brit a field or open space used for sport

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

play′ing field`

an expanse of level ground, as in a park or stadium, where athletic events are held.

[1575–85]

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Noun	1.	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 game; "the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field" athletic field, playing area, 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

Translations

مَلْعَبٌ رِيَاضِيّ

hřiště

sportsplads

pelikenttä

sportski teren

グラウンド

경기장

idrottsplan

สนามกีฬา

oyun alanı

sân chơi

运动场

playing field

n → campo sportivo

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

playing field

→ مَلْعَبٌ رِيَاضِيّ 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

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

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The pieces all chosen, Turan led them to the place beside the playing field where they were to wait their turn, and here he passed the word around that they were to fight for more than the stake he offered for the princess should they win.

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He was one of those who went straight from the playing fields to look for glory, wasn't he, Hugh?

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Battle after battle, Magersfontein, Colenso, Spion Kop, lost on the playing fields of Eton, had humiliated the nation and dealt the death-blow to the prestige of the aristocracy and gentry who till then had found no one seriously to oppose their assertion that they possessed a natural instinct of government.

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The other boys were flying around him now, flouting, scornful; and he staggered about the deck striking up at them impotently, his mind was no longer with them; it was slouching in the playing fields of long ago, or being sent up [to the headmaster] for good, or watching the wall-game from a famous wall.

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There are 11 pieces of equipment on the new trim trail on Oakley Playing field.

New trim trail equipment installed at Oakley Road; Town council initiative cost PS19,000 to implement

It will "provide a valuable all-weather and all-season sports facility for running, walking and cycling while making use of an unused part of the playing field," the planning officer's report said.

Multi-use track for school

The DfE insists that there are very strict controls around the disposal of school playing field land.

KICKED INTO TOUCH; UNION BLASTS SCHOOL PLAYING FIELDS SELL-OFFS AS FIGURES REVEAL NUMBER OF MERSEYSIDE FACILITIES LOST SINCE 2010

"I believe the council is trying to abolish it as a regularised playing field."

Residents fear playing fields are targeted for sale

Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukder on Wednesday said Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda hurt the existence of an election commissioner by terming untrue his recent statement over the absence of level playing field in the election.

EC Talukder protests CEC's remarks

"Early indications suggest a shortfall of provision in the town rather than a surplus," said the officer adding that Sport England is a statutory consultee for any development which is likely to lead to the loss of use of land that has been used as a playing field at any time in the five years before the making an application.

Homes plan rejected; sport england said loss of playing fields was unacceptable to build housing development

A BIRMINGHAM councillor has accused landowners of fencing off a playing field in an upmarket Birmingham suburb - so they could say the site was unused and ripe for housing.

Home plans are granted for 'unused' playing field; News

May 30: Al Dakhiliyah qualifier at Bahla-Balad Sait playing field. May 31: Al Sharqiya qualifier at Badiya-Al Dhair playing field.