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# battlefield

«battlefield» in Mova's school dictionary: **a place where a battle is or was fought** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a battlefield, battlefields)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A battlefield is a place where a battle is or was fought. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/battlefield/#m1)

2) (figurative) A battlefield is any place or subject where people argue or compete fiercely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/battlefield/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons battlefields such as Hastings, the Somme and Gettysburg are places where many soldiers died; today some are memorials visited by school trips. In stories it is a place of danger and courage. Figuratively, a messy room or a heated argument can be called a battlefield. Phrases: on the battlefield, battlefield memorial.

### examples

- Thousands of soldiers died on the battlefield at the Somme. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/battlefield/#x1)
- We visited the battlefield where the Battle of Hastings was fought. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/battlefield/#x2)
- Poppies grew on the battlefields of the First World War. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/battlefield/#x3)
- The knight rode bravely across the battlefield. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/battlefield/#x4)
- After the food fight, the dining hall looked like a battlefield. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/battlefield/#x5)
- The playground became a battlefield of snowballs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/battlefield/#x6)
- Social media can become a battlefield of arguments. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/battlefield/#x7)
- The Horse was wounded and fell dead on the battlefield. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/battlefield/#x8)

### note

One word. Plural battlefields. Battlefields are often places of sadness and respect today; people visit quietly.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «battlefield» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/battlefield/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.