what does field mean?
FIELD as NOUN
- Meaning
- a particular kind of commercial enterprise
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- 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
- Meaning
- a place where planes take off and land
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Hypernyms(s) field is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument)
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Hypernyms(s) field is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
- 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
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- 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
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- (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
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- Meaning
- a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
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- 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
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- a region in which active military operations are in progress
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- 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
- Meaning
- somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected
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- 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
- Meaning
- a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
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- 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
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- Meaning
- a piece of land prepared for playing a game
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- 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
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- a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found
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- 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
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- Meaning
- extensive tract of level open land
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- 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
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- Meaning
- the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it
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Hypernyms(s) field is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- a particular environment or walk of life
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- 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
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FIELD as VERB
- Meaning
- select (a team or individual player) for a game
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- 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
- Meaning
- answer adequately or successfully
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- 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
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Hypernyms(s) field is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- 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
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