playing field en · NOUN
Meanings
- A field on which a game, especially a ball game, is played.
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| playing fields | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| field of play | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (16)
gl campo de xogo (field on which a game is played) · hy խաղադաշտ (field on which a game is played) · es campo de deportes (field on which a game is played) · pl boisko (field on which a game is played) · bg поле (any place or context of competitive activity) · pl boisko (any place or context of competitive activity) · hy դաշտ (field on which a game is played) · ca camp de joc (field on which a game is played) · mi papa tākaro (field on which a game is played) · fi pelikenttä (field on which a game is played) · is leikvöllur (field on which a game is played) · bg поле (field on which a game is played) · bg игрище (field on which a game is played) · tr oyun sahası (field on which a game is played) · cs hřiště (field on which a game is played) · fi pelikenttä (any place or context of competitive activity)