field

/fiːld/

nounverbfield

Think: “I see a FIE-ld” — the long E sound (/iː/) is held in the middle of f-i-e-l-d.

Yes, it's field. Remember the vowel team: f + ie + ld. It’s “ie” making the long E sound (/iː/).

Definitions

  1. nounan open area of land, especially one used for farming or sports
  2. nouna subject or area of study or work
  3. nounall the people or teams competing in an event
  4. verbto catch or stop and throw back a ball in sports
  5. verbto answer questions or deal with requests (often quickly and skillfully)

Examples

  • “The cows grazed in the field behind our house.”
  • “Science is her favorite field because she loves experiments.”
  • “He fielded the ground ball cleanly and threw to first base.”

Synonyms

meadowpastureareadomaindiscipline

Antonyms

cityindoors

Translations

ES campoPT campoFR champ

Common misspellings

feildfeeldfildfeildsfeildedfeildingfieledfieild

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