PLAYING FIELD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does playing field mean? 

• PLAYING FIELD (noun)
  The noun PLAYING FIELD has 2 senses:

1. the circumstances under which competition occurs

2. a piece of land prepared for playing a game

  Familiarity information: PLAYING FIELD used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLAYING FIELD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The circumstances under which competition occurs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

the government's objective is to insure a genuinely level playing field for American industry and commerce in Europe

Hypernyms ("playing field" is a kind of...):

circumstance (a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A piece of land prepared for playing a game

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

athletic field; field; playing area; playing field

Context example:

the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field

Hypernyms ("playing field" is a kind of...):

parcel; parcel of land; piece of ground; piece of land; tract (an extended area of land)

Meronyms (parts of "playing field"):

midfield ((sports) the middle part of a playing field (as in football or lacrosse))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "playing field"):

arena; scene of action (a playing field where sports events take place)

ball field; baseball field; diamond (the baseball playing field)

court (a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played)

football field; gridiron (the playing field on which football is played)

palaestra; palestra (a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes)

bowling green (a field of closely mowed turf for playing bowls)

pitch; soccer field (a sports field with predetermined dimensions for playing soccer)

Holonyms ("playing field" is a part of...):

arena; bowl; sports stadium; stadium (a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments)