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field is on the Basic English 850 List.
fiction - field - fight
field is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
few - field - fight

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Singular
field

Plural
fields

An open field
  1. (countable) A field is an open area of land that can be used for many different things, from sports to crop-growing.
  2. (countable) A field is an area of study or work.
    He was an expert in the field of American history.

Verb

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Plain form
field

Third-person singular
fields

Past tense
fielded

Past participle
fielded

Present participle
fielding

  1. (transitive) If you field something, you answer it; you address it.
  2. (transitive) (sports) If you field the team, you place them in the game.