outfield

American  

[out-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

Etymology

Origin of outfield

First recorded in 1630–40; out- + field

Example Sentences

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outfield outfields

He has walked 47% of the distance he has covered so far at this World Cup, the highest percentage of any outfield player at the tournament.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

Messi has averaged the shortest distance of all Argentina outfield players to have featured for 20-plus minutes at the tournament - covering just 8.2km per 90 minutes.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Those hard groundouts have turned into home runs and doubles rocketed into the outfield gap.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

Shohei Ohtani leads at designated hitter, Freddie Freeman at first base, Max Muncy at third base, and Andy Pages in the outfield.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

Gina is in the stands, but Annabelle and Will sit closer to Malcolm’s outfield location, because Will is helping him.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

The anticipated holes would be at second base and one or both corner outfields spots.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2022

The Mariners should have one of baseball’s best young outfields when top prospect Jarred Kelenic joins 2020 AL rookie of the year Kyle Lewis and Taylor Trammell in the big leagues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2021

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

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