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midfield
Alternative clues for the word midfield
Word definitions for midfield in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context sports English) The middle of the field of play
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE central ▪ David Beckham captained the side and played in a central midfield role. ▪ He plays at centre-back for his club and country but is equally at home in central midfield . ▪ Inspiration Four hamstring operations ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Midfield is the part of a sports field that lies approximately in the center. It is a term most commonly associated with football and soccer to refer to the area in and around the center circle, as well as the players who occupy that region, and is also ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
midfield \midfield\ n. (sport) the middle part of a playing field (as in football or lacrosse); as, he ran the kickoff back to midfield.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. (sports) the middle part of a playing field (as in football or lacrosse)
Gazetteer
Word definitions in Gazetteer
Population (2000): 5626 Housing Units (2000): 2393 Land area (2000): 2.596068 sq. miles (6.723786 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.002903 sq. miles (0.007519 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.598971 sq. miles (6.731305 sq. km) FIPS code: 48376 Located within: Alabama ...
Usage examples of midfield.
Anna whacked the ball back to midfield where one of our halfbacks sent it flying to the other goal.
After Brady had gone Arsenal tried out a string of midfield players, some of them competent, some not, all of them doomed by the fact that they weren’t the person they were trying to replace: between 1980 and 1986 Talbot, Rix, Rollins, Price, Gatting, Peter Nicholas, Robson, Petrovic, Charlie Nicholas, Davis, Williams and even centre-forward Paul Mariner all played in central midfield.
Since nobody else was close, Orin picked up the blocked punt's ball, which the Head Coach was gesturing impatiently for from his position at the midfield bench.
Army private named Forrest Gump allegedly miskicked a football during an interservice playoff game in Germany, yesterday, which sailed across the Berlin Wall and landed in midfield on East German territory during the final seconds of the World Cup soccer match between East Germany and the Soviet Union.
But Staedler instead heads away from the wing into deeper midfield, beats one defender, then a second-the goalkeeper doesn't know which threat to counter, Staedler or Cramer-and here you can see the gap Staedler spotted, opening up at the near post, and he puts on a burst of acceleration and shoots!