Crossword clues for playing field
playing field
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
playing field
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Cypherpunks intend to level the playing field against centralized computer resources with the Fax Effect.
▪ His parachute was caught by turbulence as he came in to land on a school playing field.
▪ In this sense, the global Journal levels the business playing field between business people in Peoria and Pretoria.
▪ On this playing field, actions speak louder than words.
▪ The boys wore the same grey shorts and jerseys; the band was practising, marching and counter-marching on the playing field.
▪ The report released Thursday had no immediate suggestions for how to even the playing field.
▪ There is a playing field with equipment for the younger members of the community, and a football and cricket pitch.
Wiktionary
playing field
alt. 1 A field on which a game, esp. a ball game, is played. 2 (context figuratively English) Any place or context within which competitive activity takes place, such as market competition between companies. n. 1 A field on which a game, esp. a ball game, is played. 2 (context figuratively English) Any place or context within which competitive activity takes place, such as market competition between companies.
WordNet
playing field
n. the circumstances under which competition occurs; "the government's objective is to insure a genuinely level playing field for American industry and commerce in Europe"
a piece of land prepared for playing a game; "the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field" [syn: athletic field, playing area, field]