"midfield" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈmɪd.fiːld/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-midfield.wav [Southern-England] Forms: midfields [plural]
Etymology: mid- + field Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mid|field}} mid- + field Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} midfield (usually uncountable, plural midfields)
  1. (sports) The portion of a team which typically plays centrally, between the attack (or forwards) and the defence (or backs). Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-midfield-en-noun-JMxGCBwY Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (sports) The middle of the field of play. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Sports Translations (middle of the field): centre del camp [masculine] (Catalan), midtbane [common-gender] (Danish), keskikenttä (Finnish), lárpháirc [feminine] (Irish), centrocampo (Italian), midtbane [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), midtbane [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), meio-campo [masculine] (Portuguese), centru de teren [neuter] (Romanian), mittfält [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-midfield-en-noun-pnhcyJqO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mid- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mid-: 40 60 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'middle of the field': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: midfielder

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