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field of play

field of play is the alternative form of playing field.

Meaning of playing field

Noun

playing field (plural playing fields)

  1. A field on which a game, especially a ball game, is played.
    Synonyms:
    playfield
  2. (figuratively) Any place or context within which competitive activity takes place, such as market competition between companies.
    • A shake-up of transport taxes is needed to create a 'level green playing field' that better reflects how environmentally damaging each mode of transport is.2020 August 26, Paul Stephen, “Network News: RDG urges tax revision to aid switch to 'greener' rail”, in Rail, page 16

Forms of field of play

pluralfields of play

Questions about field of play

What is field of play the alternative form of?
Field of play is the alternative form of playing field.

Words near field of play in the dictionary

  1. field of fire
  2. field of force
  3. field of fractions
  4. field of honor
  5. field of honour
  6. field of play
  7. field of quotients
  8. field of scalars
  9. field of study
  10. field of view
  11. field of vision

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Adapted from Wiktionary: field of play (page history and authors); playing field (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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