noun
a region in which active military operations are in progress
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the army was in the field awaiting action
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he served in the Vietnam theater for three years
• Syn: ↑field, ↑theater, ↑theater of operations, ↑theatre, ↑theatre of operations
• Topics: ↑military, ↑armed forces, ↑armed services, ↑military machine, ↑war machine
• Hypernyms: ↑region
• Part Holonyms: ↑theater of war, ↑theatre of war
• Part Meronyms: ↑combat zone, ↑combat area
Useful english dictionary. 2012.