English noun: field of operations | |||
| 1. | field of operations (location) a region in which active military operations are in progress | ||
| Samples | The army was in the field awaiting action. He served in the Vietnam theater for three years. | ||
| Synonyms | field, theater, theater of operations, theatre, theatre of operations | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | region | ||
| Part holonym | combat area, combat zone | ||
| Part meronym | theater of war, theatre of war | ||
| Domain category | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | ||