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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

gioco di campo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈdʒɔː.ko di ˈkam.po

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Fielding/ˈfiːl.dɪŋ/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Un ottimo gioco di campo ha salvato la squadra."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The action of taking up positions and stopping or catching the ball in sports such as cricket, baseball, and softball.

    "Their exceptional fielding prevented the opposing team from scoring several runs."
As verb
  1. 1

    Present participle of field; positioning players or acting as a fielder in a game.

    "The manager is fielding a very young and inexperienced team for tonight's match."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the verb 'field' (from Middle English 'feld', Old English 'feld', meaning open country or ground), combined with the present participle suffix '-ing'. Originally used in the context of military operations or hunting, it evolved by the 18th century to describe the action of players taking positions on the playing field in bat-and-ball sports like cricket and baseball.

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