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field

Noun

∙ A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country.
∙ A wide, open space that is usually used to grow crops or to hold farm animals.
∙ The open country near or belonging to a town or city—usually used in plural.
∙ A physical phenomenon, such as force, potential, or fluid velocity, that pervades a region.
∙ An airfield, airport or air base; especially, one with unpaved runways.
∙ A course of study or domain of knowledge or practice.
∙ The extent of a given perception.
∙ A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield.
∙ An area reserved for playing a game.
∙ A realm of practical, direct, or natural operation, contrasting with an office, classroom, or laboratory.
∙ A commutative ring with identity for which every nonzero element has a multiplicative inverse. algebra
∙ A region containing a particular mineral. geology
∙ The background of the shield. heraldry
∙ The background of the flag. vexillology
∙ An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value. computing
∙ A component of a database record in which a single unit of information is stored.
∙ A physical or virtual location for the input of information in the form of characters.
∙ The team in a match that throws the ball and tries to catch it when it is hit by the other team (the bat). baseball, obsolete
∙ The outfield. baseball
∙ An unrestricted or favourable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement.
∙ All of the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or all except the favourites in the betting.

Verb

∙ To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it. transitive, sports
∙ To be the team catching and throwing the ball, as opposed to hitting it. baseball, softball, cricket, and other batting sports
∙ To place a team in (a game). transitive, sports
∙ To answer; to address. transitive
∙ To defeat. transitive
∙ To execute research (in the field). transitive
∙ To deploy in the field. transitive, military

Field

Proper noun

∙ A surname.

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