playing field

English

Alternative forms

• field of play

Noun

playing field (plural playing fields)

1. A field on which a game, especially a ball game, is played.

   Synonym: playfield

2. (figuratively) Any place or context within which competitive activity takes place, such as market competition between companies.
   • 2020 August 26, Paul Stephen, “Network News: RDG urges tax revision to aid switch to 'greener' rail”, in Rail, page 16:

     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.

Derived terms

• level playing field

Translations

field on which a game is played

• Armenian: դաշտ (hy) (dašt), խաղադաշտ (hy) (xaġadašt)
• Catalan: camp de joc (ca) m
• Czech: hřiště (cs) n
• Finnish: pelikenttä (fi)
• Galician: campo de xogo (gl) m
• Icelandic: leikvöllur (is) m
• Maori: papa tākaro
• Polish: boisko (pl) m
• Spanish: campo de deportes (es) m
• Turkish: oyun sahası (tr)

any place or context of competitive activity

• Finnish: pelikenttä (fi)