(sports) The middle of the field of play.
midfield
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for midfield.
Editorial note
[1] A flat midfield has two wingers on each side, a diamond midfield only one.
Quick take
(sports) The middle of the field of play.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of midfield gathered in one view.
(sports) The portion of a team which typically plays centrally, between the attack (or forwards) and the defence (or backs).
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for midfield.
noun
(sports) The middle of the field of play.
noun
(sports) The portion of a team which typically plays centrally, between the attack (or forwards) and the defence (or backs).
Example sentences
[1] A flat midfield has two wingers on each side, a diamond midfield only one.
It’s like saying the goal keeper, midfield, and defense aren’t valuable since only the striker scores the goal.
We still do range in the midfield when it comes to pet capita carbon emissions.
He certainly wasn't at the tip of the midfield diamond--out of Spain's normal midfield six, Xavi plays ahead of Busquets and Xabi Alonso, but behind Iniesta, Fabregas, and Silva.
Germany was the clear favorite, better team, better individual players on most positions (especially in the crucial midfield) and better strategic education.
This post hit a lot of nails right on the head, for me at least (I even played midfield).
If he felt the goal was good, he would keep his flag down and make a little run up the touchline towards midfield.
The only player out of that list who compares is Scholes; Paul Scholes is the best midfield player of the last 20 years according to Xavi.
Imagine if, somehow, soccer players got really good at scoring goals from midfield, such that a very high proportion of goals were scored after just two touches.
What's extremely confusing to me (as a private pilot) is that traffic is almost always routed directly over an airport (midfield), to safely avoid departing and landing traffic.
Being able to see pit windows easily for drivers all the way down the field, and observe lap times and relative gaps for drivers makes following the midfield much easier.
I love F1 and TUIs, this will be perfect for my desire to know more of what my midfield favorites are doing while the broadcasters are watching the front!
Quote examples
Several of the important midfield players are now "old" (Xavi is 34, Xabi Alonso is 32, for example) so they aren't as good at that side of the game as they used to be.
I played Tribes Ascend for awhile and on most random servers you could play the first 2 minutes as a chaser to verify "yup there is nobody who knows how to move quickly", kill yourself over to chaser, and then end the game in like 4 more minutes when everyone else is just slowly messing around in midfield doing nothing productive.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use midfield in a sentence?
[1] A flat midfield has two wingers on each side, a diamond midfield only one.
What does midfield mean?
(sports) The middle of the field of play.
What part of speech is midfield?
midfield is commonly used as noun.