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1.                 From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   playing field
       n 1: the circumstances under which competition occurs; "the
            government's objective is to insure a genuinely level
            playing field for American industry and commerce in Europe"
       2: a piece of land prepared for playing a game; "the home crowd
          cheered when Princeton took the field" [syn: playing field,
          athletic field, playing area, field]