a region in which active military operations are in progress
“the army was in the field awaiting action”
a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found
“the diamond fields of South Africa”
all of the horses in a particular horse race
all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event
answer adequately or successfully
“The lawyer fielded all questions from the press”
a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
“he planted a field of wheat”
catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket
a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information
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”
play as a fielder
a particular kind of commercial enterprise
“they are outstanding in their field”