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field

noun · verb

Simple meaning

The open country near or belonging to a town or city.

Pronunciation

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feeld
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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈfild

This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

noun

  1. usually in the plural

    The open country near or belonging to a town or city.

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

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

  4. A place where competitive matches are carried out.

  5. A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield.

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

verb

  1. transitive

    To answer; to address.

  2. transitive

    To execute research (in the field).

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
A1 · Beginner
Frequency
Very Common
Typical Use
Everyday English

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: The open country near or belonging to a town or city.

Used this way, field is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Matter-of-fact
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.

More ways to use field

  • “The home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field.”noun
  • “He planted a field of wheat.”noun
  • “They are outstanding in their field.”noun

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Common Patterns and Combinations

How this word naturally appears with others.

Area

field workfield strengthplaying field

Other combinations

magnetic fieldopen fieldfield marshalgravitational fieldnew field

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Word Family

Related forms, grouped by how they connect.

Inflected forms

Grammatical variations of the same word.

  • fieldingnounInflected form

    Handling the ball while playing in the field.

  • fieldernounInflected form

    A member of the baseball team that is in the field instead of at bat.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • field chickweednounCompound term

    Densely tufted perennial chickweed of north temperate zone.

  • field coilnounCompound term

    The electric coil around a field magnet that produces the magneto motive force to set up the flux in an electric machine.

  • field cornnounCompound term

    Corn grown primarily for animal feed or market grain.

  • field cricketnounCompound term

    Common American black cricket.

  • field-cropadjectiveCompound term

    Of or relating to field crops.

  • field daynounCompound term

    A day for military exercises and display.

Related words

Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.

  • fieldworknounRelated term

    A temporary fortification built by troops in the field.

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Synonyms

Sense: open country near or belonging to a town

battlefieldairfieldchampaignArchaic

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