Synonyms: line of business, field, field of operation
Definition: a particular kind of commercial enterprise
Usage: they are outstanding in their field
Similar words: commercial enterprise, business, business enterprise
Definition: the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
Usage: computers are now widely used in business
Synonyms: airfield, field, flying field, landing field
Definition: a place where planes take off and land
Similar words: facility, installation
Definition: a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
Usage: the assembly plant is an enormous facility
Synonyms: field, field of view
Definition: the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument)
Similar words: visual image, visual percept
Definition: a percept that arises from the eyes; an image in the visual system
Synonyms: field, field of study, study, subject, subject area, subject field, bailiwick, discipline
Definition: a branch of knowledge
Usage: in what discipline is his doctorate?; teachers should be well trained in their subject; anthropology is the study of human beings
Similar words: domain, knowledge base, knowledge domain
Definition: the content of a particular field of knowledge
Synonyms: field
Definition: all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event
Similar words: set
Definition: a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
Usage: a set of books; a set of golf clubs; a set of teeth
Synonyms: field
Definition: all of the horses in a particular horse race
Similar words: set
Definition: a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
Usage: a set of books; a set of golf clubs; a set of teeth
Synonyms: field
Definition: (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
Usage: the set of all rational numbers is a field
Similar words: set
Definition: (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
Usage: the set of prime numbers is infinite
Synonyms: field
Definition: (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information
Similar words: set
Definition: a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
Usage: a set of books; a set of golf clubs; a set of teeth
Synonyms: field, field of battle, field of honor, battlefield, battleground
Definition: a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
Usage: they made a tour of Civil War battlefields
Similar words: piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel, parcel of land
Definition: an extended area of land
Synonyms: theater, theater of operations, theatre, theatre of operations, field, field of operations
Definition: a region in which active military operations are in progress
Usage: the army was in the field awaiting action; he served in the Vietnam theater for three years
Similar words: region
Definition: a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth
Usage: penguins inhabit the polar regions
Synonyms: field
Definition: somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected
Usage: anthropologists do much of their work in the field
Similar words: region
Definition: a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth
Usage: penguins inhabit the polar regions
Synonyms: field
Definition: a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
Usage: he planted a field of wheat
Similar words: piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel, parcel of land
Definition: an extended area of land
Synonyms: athletic field, playing area, playing field, field
Definition: a piece of land prepared for playing a game
Usage: the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field
Similar words: piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel, parcel of land
Definition: an extended area of land
Synonyms: field
Definition: a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found
Usage: the diamond fields of South Africa
Similar words: geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region
Definition: a demarcated area of the Earth
Synonyms: plain, champaign, field
Definition: extensive tract of level open land
Usage: they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain; he longed for the fields of his youth
Similar words: land, ground, solid ground, terra firma, dry land, earth
Definition: the solid part of the earth's surface
Usage: the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land; the earth shook for several minutes; he dropped the logs on the ground
Synonyms: force field, field, field of force
Definition: the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it
Similar words: physical phenomenon
Definition: a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy
Synonyms: orbit, field, area, arena, sphere, domain
Definition: a particular environment or walk of life
Usage: his social sphere is limited; it was a closed area of employment; he's out of my orbit
Similar words: environment
Definition: the totality of surrounding conditions
Usage: he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room
Synonyms: field
Definition: select (a team or individual player) for a game
Usage: The Buckeyes fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose Bowl
Similar words: select, choose, take, pick out
Definition: pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
Usage: Take any one of these cards; Choose a good husband for your daughter; She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her
Synonyms: field
Definition: answer adequately or successfully
Usage: The lawyer fielded all questions from the press
Similar words: answer, reply, respond
Definition: react verbally
Usage: She didn't want to answer; answer the question; We answered that we would accept the invitation
Synonyms: field
Definition: play as a fielder
Similar words: play
Definition: participate in games or sport
Usage: We played hockey all afternoon; play cards; Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches
Synonyms: field
Definition: catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket
Definition: touch, lift, or hold with the hands
Usage: Don't handle the merchandise