FIELD as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • a particular kind of commercial enterprise
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • they are outstanding in their field
    Hypernyms(s) field is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • a place where planes take off and land
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) field is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  3. Meaning
    • the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument)
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) field is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  4. Meaning
    • a branch of knowledge
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • in what discipline is his doctorate?
    • teachers should be well trained in their subject
    • anthropology is the study of human beings
    Hypernyms(s) field is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  5. Meaning
    • all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event
    Hypernyms(s) field is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  6. Meaning
    • all of the horses in a particular horse race
    Hypernyms(s) field is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  7. Meaning
    • (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
    Usage Example(s)
    • the set of all rational numbers is a field
    Hypernyms(s) field is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  8. Meaning
    • (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information
    Hypernyms(s) field is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  9. Meaning
    • a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • they made a tour of Civil War battlefields
    Hypernyms(s) field is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  10. Meaning
    • a region in which active military operations are in progress
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the army was in the field awaiting action
    • he served in the Vietnam theater for three years
    Hypernyms(s) field is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  11. Meaning
    • somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected
    Usage Example(s)
    • anthropologists do much of their work in the field
    Hypernyms(s) field is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  12. Meaning
    • a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
    Usage Example(s)
    • he planted a field of wheat
    Hypernyms(s) field is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  13. Meaning
    • a piece of land prepared for playing a game
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field
    Hypernyms(s) field is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  14. Meaning
    • a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found
    Usage Example(s)
    • the diamond fields of South Africa
    Hypernyms(s) field is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  15. Meaning
    • extensive tract of level open land
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain
    • he longed for the fields of his youth
    Hypernyms(s) field is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  16. Meaning
    • the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) field is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  17. Meaning
    • a particular environment or walk of life
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • his social sphere is limited
    • it was a closed area of employment
    • he’’s out of my orbit
    Hypernyms(s) field is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)

FIELD as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • select (a team or individual player) for a game
    Usage Example(s)
    • The Patriots fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose Bowl
    Hypernyms(s) field is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • answer adequately or successfully
    Usage Example(s)
    • The lawyer fielded all questions from the press
    Hypernyms(s) field is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  3. Meaning
    • play as a fielder
    Hypernyms(s) field is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  4. Meaning
    • catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket
    Hypernyms(s) field is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)