outfield

American  

[aut-feeld] / ˈaʊtˌfild /

noun

• outfields
  plural

1. Baseball.

   1. the part of the field beyond the diamond.

   2. the positions played by the right, center, and left fielders.

   3. the outfielders considered as a group (contrasted with infield).

2. Cricket. the part of the field farthest from the batsman.

3. Agriculture.

   1. the outlying land of a farm.

   2. land not regularly tilled but normally used for pasture.

4. an outlying region.

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outfield British  

/ ˈaʊtˌfiːld /

noun

1. cricket the area of the field relatively far from the pitch; the deep Compare infield

2. baseball

   1. the area of the playing field beyond the lines connecting first, second, and third bases

   2. the positions of the left fielder, centre fielder, and right fielder taken collectively Compare infield

3. agriculture farmland most distant from the farmstead

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• outfielder
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• outfields
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of outfield

First recorded in 1630–40; out- + field

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Example Sentences

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outfield outfields

After further negotiation, Fochesato was offered a solo ticket in a lower level in the outfield for Game 1 and the opportunity to buy three more in the upper deck for Game 2.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

The Game 3 finale was disrupted by a fan interference call—what is it with overenthusiastic Yankee fans and outfield walls—but the result was hard to dispute.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

On 24 July, he was an unused substitute against Rosenborg in Trondheim, a match in which Carrick made 10 outfield changes.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Earlier, Abdul Samad smashed an unbeaten 30 off 15 balls as Pakistan beat Bangladesh with nine balls to spare in a semi-final reduced to 13 overs by a wet outfield.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

The trees rimming the outfield were flaunting their colors.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli

The fire jumped Pacific Coast Highway, charring the trees and baseball outfields.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2024

There simply aren’t competent starting outfields in the majors for less than $10 million, but that might be one.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 21, 2018

With Eddie Rosario, Byron Buxton and Max Kepler in place and Zack Granite pushing for time behind them, the Twins have one of the most promising outfields in the game.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 9, 2018

Musial, mostly a left fielder then, starred with Terry Moore in center and Slaughter, another future Hall of Famer, in right, making up one of baseball's greatest outfields.

From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2013

I dug through old copies of Sports Illustrated to look for pictures of major-league ballparks’ outfields so that I could study the patterns the grounds crews left behind in the nap of the grass.

From "Lawn Boy" by Gary Paulsen

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