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field
(fēld)n.
1.
a. A broad, level, open expanse of land.
b. A meadow: cows grazing in a field.
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: a copper field.
e. A wide unbroken expanse, as of ice.
2.
a. A battleground.
b. Archaic A battle.
c. The scene or an area of military operations or maneuvers: officers in the field.
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.
a. 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.
b. An area or region where business activities are conducted: sales representatives in the field.
5. 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. In baseball, the positions on defense or the ability to play defense: She excels in the field.
c. In baseball, one of the three sections of the outfield: He can hit to any field.
6. A range, area, or subject of human activity, interest, or knowledge: several fields of endeavor.
7.
a. The contestants or participants in a competition or athletic event, especially those other than the favorite or winner.
b. The body of riders following a pack of hounds in hunting.
c. The people running in an election for a political office: The field has been reduced to three candidates.
8. 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.
9. Physics A physical quantity in a region of space, such as gravitational force or fluid pressure, having a distinct value (scalar, vector, or tensor) at each point.
10. The usually circular area in which the image is rendered by the lens system of an optical instrument. Also called field of view.
11. Computers
a. An element of a database record in which one piece of information is stored.
b. A space, as on an online form or request for information, that accepts the input of text: an address field.
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.
a. Sports To catch or pick up (a ball) and often make a throw to another player, especially in baseball.
b. To respond to or deal with: fielded tough questions from the press.
2.
a. Sports To place in the playing area: field a team.
b. To nominate in an election: field a candidate.
c. To put into action; deploy: field an army of campaign workers.
3. To enter (data) into a field.
v. intr. Sports
Idiom: To play as a fielder: How well can he field?
take the field
To begin or resume activity, as in a sport or military operations.
[Middle English feld, from Old English; see pelə-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
Synonyms: field, bailiwick, domain, province, realm, sphere, territory, turf
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; bureaucrats interested only in protecting their turf.
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; bureaucrats interested only in protecting their turf.
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field
(fiːld)n
1. (Agriculture) an open tract of uncultivated grassland; meadow.
2. (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. (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. (Geological Science) an area that is rich in minerals or other natural resources: a coalfield.
5. (Military) short for battlefield, airfield
6. (Hunting) the mounted followers that hunt with a pack of hounds
7. (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. (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. (General Physics) Also called: field of view the area within which an object may be observed with a telescope, microscope, etc
14. (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. (Computer Science) computing
a. a set of one or more characters comprising a unit of information
b. a predetermined section of a record
18. (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.
20. hold the field keep the field to maintain one's position in the face of opposition
21. (Military) military in an area in which operations are in progress
22. actively or closely involved with or working on something (rather than being in a more remote or administrative position)
23. lead the field to be in the leading or most pre-eminent position
24. leave the field informal to back out of a competition, contest, etc
25. take the field to begin or carry on activity, esp in sport or military operations
26. play the field informal to disperse one's interests or attentions among a number of activities, people, or objects
27. (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
28. (Cricket) (tr) sport to stop, catch, or return (the ball) as a fielder
29. (Cricket) (tr) sport to send (a player or team) onto the field to play
30. (Cricket) (intr) sport (of a player or team) to act or take turn as a fielder or fielders
31. (Military) (tr) military to put (an army, a unit, etc) in the field
32. (tr) to enter (a person) in a competition: each party fielded a candidate.
33. (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]
Field
(fiːld)n
(Biography) John. 1782–1837, Irish composer and pianist, lived in Russia from 1803: invented the nocturne
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field
(fild)n.
1. a piece of open or cleared land, esp. one suitable for pasture or tillage.
2.
a. a piece of ground devoted to sports or contests; playing field.
b. an area in which field events are held.
3. a sphere or branch of activity or interest: the field of teaching.
4. the area drawn on or serviced by a business or profession; outlying areas where practical activities or operations are carried on: our representatives in the field.
5. a job or research location away from regular workshop or study facilities, offices, or the like.
6.
a. the scene or area of active military operations.
b. a battleground.
c. a battle.
7. an expanse of anything: a field of ice.
8. any region characterized by a particular feature, resource, activity, etc.: an oil field.
9. the surface of a canvas, shield, flag, or coin on which something is portrayed: a gold star on a field of blue.
10. all the competitors in a contest, or all the competitors except for the leader.
11. (in betting) all the contestants or numbers that are grouped together as one.
12. Physics.
a. a region of space in which a force acts, as that around a magnet or a charged particle.
b. the quantity defined by the force acting on a given object or particle at each point in such a region.
13. the entire angular expanse visible through an optical instrument at a given time.
14. the structure in a generator or motor that produces a magnetic field around a rotating armature.
15. Math. a number system that has the same properties relative to the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division as the number system of all real numbers.
16. the area of a photographic subject that is taken in by a lens at a particular diaphragm opening.
17. the total complex of factors within which a psychological event occurs and is perceived as occurring.
18. a unit of information, as a person's name, that combines with related fields, as an official title or company name, to form one complete record in a computerized database.
v.t. 19.
a. (in baseball and cricket) to catch or pick up (the ball) in play.
b. to place (a player, group of players, or a team) in the field to play.
20. to answer skillfully: to field a difficult question.
21. to place in competition.
22. to put into action or on duty.
v.i. 23. to act as a fielder in baseball or cricket.
adj. 24. Sports.
a. of, taking place, or competed for on the field and not on the track, as the discus throw or shot put.
b. of or pertaining to field events.
25. of or pertaining to active combat service as distinguished from service in rear areas or at headquarters: a field soldier.
26. of or pertaining to a field.
27. working in the fields of a farm.
28. working as a salesperson, representative, etc., in the field: field agents.
29. grown or cultivated in a field.
Idioms: play the field, Informal.
a. to engage in a broad range of activities.
b. to date a number of persons during the same period of time.
[before 1000; Middle English, Old English feld]
Field
(fild)n.
1. Cyrus West, 1819–92, U.S. financier.
2. Eugene, 1850–95, U.S. poet and journalist.
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field
(fēld)1. A region of space in which a physical force, such as magnetism or gravity, operates.
2. The area in which an image is visible to the eye or to an optical instrument.
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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.
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field
Past participle: fielded
Gerund: fielding
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| 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 |
| 2. |  field - a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought; "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields"sector - a portion of a military position | |
| 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" 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 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 itphysical 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" 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"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"scene of action, arena - a playing field where sports events take place 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 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) | |
| 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"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) 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" 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) 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 landaerodrome, airdrome, airport, drome - an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo 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 |
| 2. | field - play as a fielder 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" | |
| 4. | field - select (a team or individual player) for a game; "The Buckeyes fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose Bowl" |
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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.
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.
5. competitors, competition, candidates, runners, applicants, entrants, contestants The two most experienced athletes led the field.
verb
1. (Informal) deal with, answer, handle, respond to, reply to, deflect, turn aside He fielded questions from journalists.
Related words
adjective campestral
adjective campestral
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Translations
polehřištěnalezištěoblastbitevní pole
markområdefeltfelt-grønt område
kampo
korpuslahterväli
pelikenttäpeltoalaaluekenttä
poljeteren
mezőszántóföldtest
akurgrípa og senda í höfnsvæîisviîvöllur
ピッチ野原
경기장들판
gaudantis sviedinį žaidėjaslaukaslauko darbasmedžiagos rinkimaspagauti ir atmušti sviedinį
atradneatsist bumbudarbības laukskaujaslaukslauka lielgabals
câmp
bojové polechytiť a vrátiťnáleziskopole
poljedisciplinaigriščenahajališčeobseg
fältkroppplan
ทุ่งนาสนามกีฬา
cánh đồngđiểm bóng rơi
field
[fiːld]A. N
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
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
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
to study sth in the field → estudiar algo sobre el terreno
5. (Comput) → campo m
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
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
(containing oil, gas) → gisement m
(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
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
to play the field → papillonner
electromagnetic field, field of vision
modif [test] → sur le terrain
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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
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)
(Pol) candidate → aufstellen
vi (Cricket, Baseball etc) → als Fänger spielen; when we go out to field → wenn wir die Fänger(partei) stellen
field
:field ambulance
n (Mil) → Sanka m, → Sanitätskraftwagen m
field artillery
n → Feldartillerie f
field day
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
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
field
: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)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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
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
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
field
(fiːld) noun1. a piece of land enclosed for growing crops, keeping animals etc. Our house is surrounded by fields.
2. a wide area. playing fields (= an area for games, sports etc).
3. a piece of land etc where minerals or other natural resources are found. an oil-field; a coalfield.
4. an area of knowledge, interest, study etc. in the fields of literature/economic development; her main fields of interest.
5. an area affected, covered or included by something. a magnetic field; in his field of vision.
6. an area of battle. the field of Waterloo; (also adjective) a field-gun.
verb (in cricket, basketball etc) to catch (the ball) and return it.
ˈfield-glasses noun plural binoculars.
ˈfieldwork noun work done outside the laboratory, office etc (eg collecting information).
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
field
→ حَقْل, مَيْدانٌ رِيَّاضِي hřiště, pole bane, mark Feld, Spielfeld γήπεδο, πεδίο campo, terreno de juego pelikenttä, pelto champ, terrain polje, teren campo ピッチ, 野原 경기장, 들판 veld bane, jorde boisko, pole campo подача, поле fält, plan ทุ่งนา, สนามกีฬา alan, saha cánh đồng, điểm bóng rơi 球场, 田Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
field
n. campo.
1. área o espacio abierto;
___ of vision → ___ visual
2. área de especialización.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
field
adj de campaña; — hospital hospital m de campaña; n campo; — of medicine campo de la medicina; visual —, — of vision campo visual or de visiónEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.