Fields - English meaning

noun

A thing that is said, written, or done as a reaction to a question, statement, or situation.

Usage examples:

He knocked and entered without waiting for an answer

verb

Say or write something as a reaction to someone or something.

Usage examples:

‘of course i can,’ she answered

verb

A statement made to reply to a question or criticism

noun

A person who makes a formal application for something, especially a job.

Usage examples:

Applicants for the degree course

noun

A person who formally requests something, such as a job or admission to a college or university

noun

Someone who has applied for a job, a place on a course, etc.

Usage examples:

Many applicants simply don't meet hiring requirements., the course is popular - it has five applica…

noun

A region or part of a town, a country, or the world.

Usage examples:

Rural areas of britain

noun

A part of the earth’s surface of land and water, or a particular part of a country, city, town, etc.

Usage examples:

An industrial/suburban/mountainous area, this area of the brain is called the cerebral cortex., his…

noun

A particular part of a place, piece of land, or country

Usage examples:

This is an area of the city where 48% of the properties are rental properties., our goal is to grow…

verb

Keep away from or stop oneself from doing (something).

Usage examples:

Avoid excessive exposure to the sun

noun

One's sphere of operations or area of interest.

Usage examples:

After the war, the middle east remained his bailiwick

noun

The area that a person or an organization is interested in, is responsible for, or controls

Usage examples:

He had been commenting on matters that were, strictly speaking, outside his bailiwick.

noun

A fortified enclosure around a castle.

Usage examples:

The castle stood within a bawn (a fortified courtyard) with corner towers at each corner and inside…

verb

Walk or run with leaping strides.

Usage examples:

Louis came bounding down the stairs

noun

A leaping movement towards or over something.

Usage examples:

I went up the steps in two effortless bounds

verb

Form the boundary of; enclose.

Usage examples:

The ground was bounded by a main road on one side and a meadow on the other

noun

A part of a tree which grows out from the trunk or from a bough.

Usage examples:

Sophie was in the branches of a tree eating an apple

verb

(of a road or path) divide into one or more subdivisions.

Usage examples:

Follow this track south until it branches into two

noun

A person who applies for a job or is nominated for election.

Usage examples:

Candidates applying for this position should be computer-literate

noun

The activity or condition of striving to gain or win something by defeating or establishing superiority over others.

Usage examples:

There is fierce competition between banks

noun

An activity done by a number of people or organizations, each of which is trying to do better than all of the others

Usage examples:

[ u ] competition for the job was fierce., [ u ] traditional booksellers face stiff competition fro…

noun

The situation in which people or businesses are trying to be more successful than each other, for example by making more sales in a market

Usage examples:

There has always been competition between the auto manufacturers., stiff/fierce/strong/tough compet…

noun

A person who takes part in a sporting contest.

Usage examples:

Two competitors were banned for taking drugs

noun

A person, product, company, etc. that is trying to compete with others, for example, by trying to make bigger sales in a particular market

Usage examples:

Chief/main/major competitor at least one major competitor is gearing up to provide local service at…

verb

Keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of (space, scope, or time).

Usage examples:

He does not confine his message to high politics

noun

The borders or boundaries of a place, especially with regard to their restricting freedom of movement.

Usage examples:

Within the confines of the hall escape was difficult

plural noun

The limits or borders of something

Usage examples:

He feels safe within the confines of his home.

verb

Gather together and confine (a group of people or things).

Usage examples:

The organizers were corralling the crowd into marching formation

noun

A pen for livestock, especially cattle or horses, on a farm or ranch.

Usage examples:

He was galloping a pony very fast round a tiny corral

noun

An area surrounded by a fence for keeping horses or cattle

verb

Cause (something) to change direction; turn aside from a straight course.

Usage examples:

The bullet was deflected harmlessly into the ceiling

noun

A division of a large organization such as a government, university, or business, dealing with a specific area of activity.

Usage examples:

The council's finance department

noun

Any of the divisions or parts of esp. a school, business, or government

Usage examples:

Chavez is the head of the geography department., the shoe department is on the fifth floor., she li…

noun

One part of a large organization, such as a company or university, that deals with a particular area of work, business, study, etc.

Usage examples:

Run/manage a department, the sales/human resources/finance department, he was previously a lecturer…

noun

The practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behaviour, using punishment to correct disobedience.

Usage examples:

A lack of proper parental and school discipline

verb

Train (someone) to obey rules or a code of behaviour, using punishment to correct disobedience.

Usage examples:

Many parents have been afraid to discipline their children

noun

Training that produces obedience or self-control, often in the form of rules and punishments if these are broken, or the obedience or self-control produced by this training

Usage examples:

Military discipline, learning a foreign language requires discipline., an academic discipline, he w…

verb

Avoid (someone or something) by a sudden quick movement.

Usage examples:

Marchers had to dodge missiles thrown by loyalists

noun

A sudden quick movement to avoid someone or something.

Usage examples:

A guard shot at me but with a quick dodge from my new agility i managed to avoid at it.

verb

A quick evasive movement

noun

An area of territory owned or controlled by a particular ruler or government.

Usage examples:

The french domains of the plantagenets

noun

A waterbird with a broad blunt bill, short legs, webbed feet, and a waddling gait.

Usage examples:

The rear feet of the beaver are large and webbed like a duck's feet, to give the animal good swimmi…

verb

Lower the head or the body quickly to avoid a blow or missile or so as not to be seen.

Usage examples:

Spectators ducked for cover

noun

A quick lowering of the head.

Usage examples:

Then a quick duck brought him under the demon's arm.

noun

A person or group that enters or takes part in something.

Usage examples:

The prize will be awarded to the entrant who wins the tiebreak

noun

A person who takes part in a competition, or a new member of a school or organization

Usage examples:

All entrants in the race should go to the starting line now.

noun

A company that sells a product or service in a particular place or to a particular group of customers for the first time

Usage examples:

Entrant to sth as a recent entrant to the japanese market, the company is at a disadvantage compare…

verb

Escape or avoid (someone or something), especially by guile or trickery.

Usage examples:

Friends helped him to evade capture for a time

verb

Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing

verb

To avoid something unpleasant or unwanted, or to manage not to do (something that should be done)

Usage examples:

She’s trying to evade my questions., he was convicted of evading taxes.

noun

The area covered by something.

Usage examples:

An enclosure ten acres in extent

noun

The area, length, or size of something

Usage examples:

Approaching the airport, you could see the full extent of the island., to some extent it was my fau…

phrasal verb

Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening

phrasal verb

To defend yourself successfully against an attack, criticism, or some other unwanted thing

Usage examples:

He’s an international celebrity with a staff to help fend off reporters., the social democrat gover…

phrasal verb

To avoid dealing with something that is unpleasant or difficult

Usage examples:

The publisher offered shareholders a special dividend to try to fend off a hostile takeover bid fro…

noun

A thing at which someone excels.

Usage examples:

Small talk was not his forte

adverb

(especially as a direction) loudly.

Usage examples:

The figure in this bar should be played forte

adjective

Played loudly.

Usage examples:

The pianissimo lightness in the upper strings against the forte melody is perfectly weighted

noun

A piece of land serving as part of a clergyman's benefice and providing income.

Usage examples:

The rich vicarage of churcham had no glebe at all

noun

A large open area of country covered with grass, especially one used for grazing.

Usage examples:

Acres of rough grassland

noun

A large area of land covered with grass

Usage examples:

Conservation groups are restoring grasslands in the midwest.

adjective

Of the colour between blue and yellow in the spectrum; coloured like grass or emeralds.

Usage examples:

Her flashing green eyes

noun

Green colour or pigment.

Usage examples:

Major roads are marked in green

verb

Make or become green in colour.

Usage examples:

The roof was greening with lichen

noun

Grass-covered ground.

Usage examples:

City workers lolling on the greensward

verb

Feel or manipulate with the hands.

Usage examples:

Heavy paving slabs can be difficult to handle

noun

The part by which a thing is held, carried, or controlled.

Usage examples:

A holdall with two carrying handles

verb

Touch, lift, or hold

noun

A person likely or hoping to succeed.

Usage examples:

Promotion hopefuls huddersfield

adjective

Feeling or inspiring optimism about a future event.

Usage examples:

A hopeful sign

noun

The line at which the earth's surface and the sky appear to meet.

Usage examples:

The sun rose above the horizon

noun

The place in the distance where the earth and sky seem to meet

Usage examples:

[ u ] we watched the horizon as the sun set., [ pl ] spending her junior year abroad has broadened …

noun

An open area of grassy or arable land.

Usage examples:

The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea

noun

Short for local education authority.

noun

Abbreviation for local education authority: in the uk, the part of a local government that controls schools and colleges in a particular area

Usage examples:

Under these plans, private companies or individuals could take over the running of schools from leas.

noun

A point or level beyond which something does not or may not extend or pass.

Usage examples:

The failure showed the limits of british power

verb

Set or serve as a limit to.

Usage examples:

Try to limit the amount you drink

phrase

Limit

Usage examples:

I'd like to play squash, but i'm 60 and i know my limits., his genius knows no limits., the pay ris…

noun

A long, narrow mark or band.

Usage examples:

A row of closely spaced dots will look like a continuous line

verb

Stand or be positioned at intervals along.

Usage examples:

A processional route lined by people waving flags

verb

Cover the inside surface of (a container or garment) with a layer of different material.

Usage examples:

A basket lined with polythene

noun

An alcoholic drink of fermented honey and water.

Usage examples:

The tavern stocks beer, cider, perry, and mead

noun

A meadow.

Usage examples:

Gone was the safe, familiar home, set amidst a tumble of rolling, well-tilled fields dotted with fa…

noun

An alcoholic drink made from honey that was drunk in the past

noun

A piece of grassland, especially one used for hay.

Usage examples:

A meadow ready for cutting

noun

An area of land with grass and other wild plants in it

Usage examples:

We walked through fields and meadows.

noun

A profession or occupation.

Usage examples:

The boy must begin to learn his métier as heir to the throne

noun

The type of work that you have a natural ability to do well

Usage examples:

Although he had been initially reluctant to give up the law, he found his metier in business.

noun

A small field or enclosure where horses are kept or exercised.

Usage examples:

What is required to make the fence adequate depends upon the horses confined behind it, the proximi…

verb

Keep (a horse) in a paddock.

Usage examples:

Horses paddocked on a hillside

noun

A small field where animals, especially horses, are kept

noun

A numerical or other measurable factor forming one of a set that defines a system or sets the conditions of its operation.

Usage examples:

There are three parameters by which a speaker is able to modify the meaning of the utterance—pitch,…

noun

A large public garden or area of land used for recreation.

Usage examples:

A walk round the park

verb

Bring (a vehicle that one is driving) to a halt and leave it temporarily, typically in a car park or by the side of the road.

Usage examples:

He parked his car outside her house

verb

A piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area

verb

Ward off (a weapon or attack) with a countermove.

Usage examples:

He parried the blow by holding his sword vertically

noun

An act of parrying something.

Usage examples:

The swords clashed in a parry

verb

Impede the movement of

noun

Land covered with grass and other low plants suitable for grazing animals, especially cattle or sheep.

Usage examples:

Areas of rich meadow pasture

verb

Put (animals) to graze in a pasture.

Usage examples:

They pastured their cows in the water meadow

noun

Land covered with grass or similar plants suitable for animals, such as cows and sheep, to eat

Usage examples:

[ c ] the best places to find bluebirds are open pastures.

noun

Land used as pasture.

Usage examples:

Habitat types range from pasturelands, fallow lands, cereal croplands, shrublands, and holm-oak lan…

noun

An instrument for writing or drawing with ink, typically consisting of a metal nib or ball, or a nylon tip, fitted into a metal or plastic holder.

Usage examples:

These include a cuddly toy, a ball, pens, pencils and paper, a toothbrush and toothpaste.

verb

Write or compose.

Usage examples:

Olivia penned award-winning poetry

verb

Put or keep (an animal) in a pen.

Usage examples:

It was the practice to pen the sheep for clipping

noun

A stout seed- or fruit-eating bird with a small head, short legs, and a cooing voice, typically having grey and white plumage.

Usage examples:

Their short breeding cycle allows pigeons and doves to have more broods to compensate for their sma…

noun

Archaic spelling of pidgin.

noun

A large, usually gray-and-white bird that lives esp. in cities

Usage examples:

We fed the pigeons in the park.

verb

Engage in activity for enjoyment and recreation rather than a serious or practical purpose.

Usage examples:

The children were playing by a pool

noun

Activity engaged in for enjoyment and recreation, especially by children.

Usage examples:

A child at play may use a stick as an aeroplane

verb

Engage in recreational activities rather than work

noun

A thing that may happen or be the case.

Usage examples:

Relegation remains a distinct possibility

noun

Something that can be done or achieved, or that can exist

Usage examples:

One possibility is to hire more people., there’s a possibility of snow tonight.

noun

A potential candidate for a job or team.

Usage examples:

I have marked five possibles with an asterisk

adjective

Able to be done or achieved.

Usage examples:

Surely it's not possible for a man to live so long?

adjective

That may exist or happen, but that is not certain or probable.

Usage examples:

The possible effects of global warming

noun

A principal administrative division of a country or empire.

Usage examples:

Chengdu, capital of sichuan province

noun

The scope of the influence or concerns of something.

Usage examples:

Such a case might be within the purview of the legislation

noun

The area of variation between upper and lower limits on a particular scale.

Usage examples:

The cost will be in the range of $1–5 million a day

verb

Vary or extend between specified limits.

Usage examples:

Prices range from £30 to £100

adjective

(of a person or their lifestyle) orderly; settled.

Usage examples:

It's possible to be too rangé

verb

Stretch out an arm in a specified direction in order to touch or grasp something.

Usage examples:

He reached over and turned off his bedside light

noun

An act of reaching out with one's arm.

Usage examples:

She made a reach for him

noun

A person that runs, especially in a specified way.

Usage examples:

Mary was a fast runner

noun

The place where an incident in real life or fiction occurs or occurred.

Usage examples:

The emergency team were among the first on the scene

noun

A part of a play or movie in which the action stays in one place for a continuous period

Usage examples:

The opening scene of the movie was filmed in new york city., the scene from the mountaintop was bre…

noun

The extent of the area or subject matter that something deals with or to which it is relevant.

Usage examples:

We widened the scope of our investigation

verb

Assess or investigate something.

Usage examples:

They'd scoped out their market

combining form

Denoting an instrument for observing, viewing, or examining.

Usage examples:

Microscope

noun

An area or portion that is distinct from others.

Usage examples:

Operations in the southern sector of the north sea

noun

A part of society that can be separated from other parts because of its own special character

Usage examples:

The farm sector, the nonprofit sector, she works in the private/public sector (= for a business/gov…

noun

One of the areas of activity that a country's economy is divided into

Usage examples:

The agricultural/industrial/manufacturing sector, the banking/business/financial sector, the it/tec…

idiom

To cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place

phrasal verb

Produce, emit, or give out something.

Usage examples:

Radar signals were sent out in powerful pulses

phrasal verb

Dispatch items to a number of people.

Usage examples:

The company sent out written information about the stock

verb

Avoid (someone or something) by stepping sideways.

Usage examples:

He sidestepped a defender and crossed the ball

noun

A step taken sideways, typically to avoid someone or something.

Usage examples:

A boxercise workout that incorporates an intricate combination of sidesteps with left and right hooks

verb

Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing

noun

An area of activity, work, or study that someone concentrates on or is expert in.

Usage examples:

Students are selected through aptitude in their chosen arts specialism

noun

A subject that someone knows a lot about

Usage examples:

We offer degree level business education with a specialism in a key business sector.

noun

A pursuit, area of study, or skill to which someone has devoted much time and effort and in which they are expert.

Usage examples:

His speciality was watercolours

noun

A subject that someone knows a lot about

Usage examples:

The company's speciality in the north american market means it is some way ahead of its nearest riv…

noun

The process of concentrating on and becoming expert in a particular subject or skill.

Usage examples:

The division and specialization of labour

noun

The limiting of one’s study or work to one particular area, or a particular area of knowledge

Usage examples:

[ c ] my main specialization was literature.

noun

A particular area of knowledge or the process of becoming an expert in a particular area

Usage examples:

In most industries, specialization is common.

noun

A pursuit, area of study, or skill to which someone has devoted much time and effort and in which they are expert.

Usage examples:

His speciality was watercolours

noun

The subject of one’s study or work, or a particular skill

Usage examples:

Her specialty is heart surgery., the company’s specialty is high-performance cars., oysters are a l…

noun

→  speciality

noun

A round solid figure, or its surface, with every point on its surface equidistant from its centre.

Usage examples:

There's a particularly good 3d objects tool, which lets you create modelled spheres, cubes, rectang…

verb

Enclose in or as if in a sphere.

Usage examples:

Mourners, sphered by their dark garb

combining form

Denoting a structure or region of spherical form, especially a region round the earth.

Usage examples:

Ionosphere

noun

A person or thing that is being discussed, described, or dealt with.

Usage examples:

I've said all there is to be said on the subject

adjective

Likely or prone to be affected by (a particular condition or occurrence, typically an unwelcome or unpleasant one).

Usage examples:

He was subject to bouts of manic depression

adverb

Conditionally upon.

Usage examples:

Subject to the ec's agreement, we intend to set up an enterprise zone in the area

noun

An expanse of short grass.

noun

An area covered with grass

verb

Clean (an area) by brushing away dirt or litter.

Usage examples:

I've swept the floor

noun

An act of sweeping something with a brush.

Usage examples:

I was giving the floor a quick sweep