Meaning

26 senses
  1. A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.

    There are several species of wild flowers growing in this field.

    Feld, Gefilde, Heide

    по́леpóle, лугlug, ни́ваníva

    по́леpóle, ланlan

    extensive tract of level open land

  2. A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.

    (usually plural)The open country near or belonging to a town or city.

  3. A wide, open space that is used to grow crops or to hold farm animals, usually enclosed by a fence, hedge or other barrier.

    There were some cows grazing in a field.

    A crop circle was made in a corn field.

  4. A wide, open space that is used to grow crops or to hold farm animals, usually enclosed by a fence, hedge or other barrier.

    When coupled with a number (e.g. two-field) used to define types of crop rotation, denoting the number of different crop types (and possibly fallow) that are used.

  5. A region containing a particular mineral.

    an oil field; a gold field

    Lagerstätte, Feld, Förderstätte

    месторожде́ниеmestoroždénije, по́леpóle

    родо́вищеrodóvyšče, по́леpóle

  6. An airfield, airport or air base; especially, one with unpaved runways.

  7. A place where competitive matches are carried out.

    A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield.

    Feld, Schlachtfeld, Foid

    по́ле бо́яpóle bója, по́ле би́твыpóle bítvy, по́ле бра́ниpóle bráni

    по́ле бо́юpóle bóju, по́ле би́твиpóle býtvy, побо́їщеpobójišče

    a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought

  8. An area reserved for playing a game or race with one’s physical force.

    soccer field

    Substitutes are only allowed onto the field after their boots are checked.

    a piece of land prepared for playing a game

  9. An area reserved for playing a game or race with one’s physical force.

    The outfield.

  10. A place where competitive matches are carried out.

    A place where competitive matches are carried out with figures, or playing area in a board game or a computer game.

  11. A competitive situation, circumstance in which one faces conflicting moves of rivals.

  12. (metonymically)All of the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or all except the favourites in the betting.

    This racehorse is the strongest in a weak field.

    all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event

Examples

1143 sentences
  1. The field is covered with snow.

    Поле вкрите снігом.

    ruПоле покрыто снегом.

    deDas Feld ist mit Schnee bedeckt.

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  2. Some people are working in the fields.

    Деякі люди працюють у полі.

    ruНекоторые люди работают на полях.

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  3. Tom is an expert in this field.

    Том — фахівець у цій області.

    ruТом — эксперт в этой области.

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  4. He is working in the field of biology.

    Він працює в галузі біології.

    ruОн работает на поприще биологии.

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  5. Tom is considered an expert in his field.

    Том уважається фахівцем у своїй області.

    ruТом считается знатоком в своей области.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 4
sports: area reserved for playing a game:
land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country:
geology: region containing a particular mineral:
place where a battle is fought:
Русский
By meaning 5
wide, open space used to grow crops or to hold farm animals:
land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country:
geology: region containing a particular mineral:
place where a battle is fought:
course of study or domain of knowledge or practice:
Deutsch
By meaning 7
wide, open space used to grow crops or to hold farm animals:
sports: area reserved for playing a game:
land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country:
geology: region containing a particular mineral:
place where a battle is fought:
course of study or domain of knowledge or practice:
mathematics (algebra): a commutative ring satisfying the field axioms:

Origin

From Middle English feld, feeld (“field”), from Old English feld (“field”), from Proto-Wes

From Middle English feld, feeld (“field”), from Old English feld (“field”), from Proto-West Germanic *felþu (“field”), from Proto-Germanic *felþuz (“field”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“field, plain”) or *pleth₂- (“flat”) (with schwebeablaut).

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Forms

plural: fields
Singularfield
Pluralfields

regular

Synonyms

22 synonyms
course of study or domain of knowledge:areaA2sphereB1domainrealm
area reserved for playing a game:courseA1courtA2groundA1pitchB2
location for the input of information:boxA1input field
Close in meaning

Word family

308 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • in the field
  • plowed the field
  • across the field
  • in this field

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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