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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The section of a playing field midway between goals.
  • noun Players whose usual positions are in the midfield, behind the forwards.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (sport) the middle part of a playing field (as in football or lacrosse).

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun sports The middle of the field of play

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun (sports) the middle part of a playing field (as in football or lacrosse)

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