field of study

noun

An area of academic concentration; a discipline.

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disciplinesubjectsubject areasubject fieldfieldstudybailiwick

Meanings

nounfield of study (plural fields of study)

plural fields of study

  1. An area of academic concentration; a discipline.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna branch of knowledge

Similar
disciplinesubjectsubject areasubject fieldfieldstudybailiwick
Broader
knowledge domainknowledge basedomain

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

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