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Field

noun

A piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed.

A region where a battle is being (or has been) fought. Synonyms: battlefield, battleground, field of battle, field of honor.

Somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected.

A branch of knowledge. Synonyms: bailiwick, discipline, field of study, study, subject, subject area, subject field. "Teachers should be well trained in their subject" , "Anthropology is the study of human beings"

The space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it. Synonyms: field of force, force field.

A particular kind of commercial enterprise. Synonyms: field of operation, line of business.

A particular environment or walk of life. Synonyms: area, arena, domain, orbit, sphere. "It was a closed area of employment" , "He's out of my orbit"

A piece of land prepared for playing a game. Synonyms: athletic field, playing area, playing field.

Extensive tract of level open land. Synonyms: champaign, plain. "He longed for the fields of his youth"

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(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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A region in which active military operations are in progress. Synonyms: field of operations, theater, theater of operations, theatre, theatre of operations. "He served in the Vietnam theater for three years"

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All of the horses in a particular horse race.

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All the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event.

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A geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found.

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(computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information.

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The area that is visible (as through an optical instrument). Synonym: field of view.

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A place where planes take off and land. Synonyms: airfield, flying field, landing field.