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field
Noun
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A field is an open area of land that can be used for many different things, from sports to crop-growing.
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A field is an area of study or work.
He was an expert in the field of American history.
field
Verb
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If you field something, you answer it; you address it.
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If you field the team, you place them in the game.
office
Noun
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An office is a room or building where people sit at desks and work.
Her office is in the third door on the left side of the hall.
We're meeting at the office after work.
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A position held by public election is an office.
They both decided to run for office.
He holds the office of senator.
operating
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adjective
involved in a kind of operation
the operating conditions of the oxidation pond
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adjective
(= operational, in operation)
being in effect or operation
de facto apartheid is still operational even in the 'new' African nations
— Leslie Marmon Silko
bus service is in operation during the emergency
the company had several operating divisions
fund
Noun
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A fund is an amount of money kept for a specific purpose.
GM cannot afford to keep paying into the company pension fund.
Our fund-raising campaign has a target of $100,000.
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An organisation's funds are the money that it has.
The school is raising funds to pay for the new library.
The sports centre closed because of a lack of funds.
fund
Verb
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If you fund something, you give it money for its activities.
The project is jointly funded by the Government of Canada and the International Red Cross.
The university will no longer fund research into this drug.