fields 1 of 2

noun

Definition of fieldsnext
plural of field
1
as in grounds
a small area of usually open land a field that is the frequent site of neighborhood softball games

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2
as in areas
a region of activity, knowledge, or influence the first woman to enter the field of medicine

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as in zones
a part or portion having no fixed boundaries if you set your camera lens to small aperture, the field of sharp focus will be quite large

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as in battlefields
a place where a battle takes place the field where two mighty armies met and changed the course of history

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as in airfields
a place from which aircraft operate that usually has paved runways and a terminal Worsham Field in Corpus Christi used to be home to a sizable crop dusting operation

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as in expanses
a wide space or area the cemetery's field of crosses for the war's fallen seemed to stretch to infinity

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as in actions
active fighting during the course of a war in the classroom the general had been a brilliant theoretician, but in the field he proved to be a wholly incompetent tactician

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fields

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verb

present tense third-person singular of field
as in addresses
to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently gave the waitress a large tip because she kept smiling as she fielded their many requests

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fields
  1. areas
  2. zones
  3. battlefields
  4. airfields
  5. expanses
  6. actions
  7. addresses
  8. tracts
Noun
  • Taking into account the undisputed areas along Ukraine’s borders with Belarus and Russia, as well as the line of contact in Ukraine, the front extends nearly 1,200 miles.
    Samuel Charap, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Institutions can minimize their exposure to populist ire while maintaining credibility by narrowing their focus to core functions and avoiding controversial areas.
    Allison Carnegie, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of areas
Noun
  • In conflict zones, children always suffer first and most.
    Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Local establishments outside of tourist zones tend to be the most budget-friendly.
    Geoff Whitmore, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of zones
Noun
  • More than 3,000 people worked in the office towers, ensuring smooth trips for the 4,000 passengers coming through every day, including troops returning from the battlefields of Europe and Asia.
    Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
  • With fighting largely confined to battlefields, where both Russian and Ukrainian forces are dug in, the issues that animate the debate in Gaza have not been in the foreground.
    Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of battlefields
Noun
  • Russian airfields are considered legitimate military targets, but Russian aircraft often explode because of technical issues, especially with global sanctions making maintenance more difficult.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Picture transport ships from China facing incoming anti-ship missiles; missile strikes blowing holes in airfields and key military installations; hilltop-to-hilltop fighting over rugged mountainous terrain; and urban warfare amid the skyscrapers of densely populated cities.
    Joshua Keating, Vox, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of airfields
Noun
  • This is a trek across rugged tundra alongside wild lakes and rivers amidst the vast expanses of wilderness that define Alaska.
    Everett Potter, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
  • As a result, Disney's show was soon eclipsed by others elsewhere which were held over fields and expanses of water like Dubai's dramatic display.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of expanses
Noun
  • While the Supreme Court ruled in a very broad decision last term that the President has absolute immunity for official actions, that ruling does not apply to his subordinates throughout the executive branch.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Former progressive allies, some with wise, old heads, either stood up against Johnson’s actions or looked away and let their silence and disappointment speak for them.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of actions
Verb
  • The administration will need to both formulate a comprehensive endgame for the war that addresses these core issues and craft a diplomatic strategy for getting there.
    Samuel Charap, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024
  • This approach addresses key issues, making all-solid-state LMBs more viable for high-performance applications.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of addresses
Noun
  • The body is generally good at responding to drops in temperature, but the nose and upper respiratory tracts can respond more slowly, Pekosz said.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Chevron is a major national gas producer with power generation equipment and very large tracts of land that could be used for data centers, the executive said.
    Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 14 Dec. 2024
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