Sports / A2

FEELD/fiːld/

A field is open land for farming or sport: a football field, a field of wheat, play in the field. Pitch is common in British English for a sports surface (a football pitch). Field can also mean a subject: the field of science. Do not use field for a small garden — that is a garden or a pitch.

Meaning

An area of land for farming or sport, or a subject you study.

Examples

• “The children played football on the school field.”
• “The school field was too wet for hockey.”
• “She wants to work in the field of travel later.”

Good to know

a football field / in the field. Sport (British): pitch. Subject: a field of study.

Near in meaning

pitch

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