Explore Infield through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like diamond or tract. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Infield meaning
- The area inside a racetrack or running track.
- A constrained scope or area.
- An area to cultivate: a field
Synonyms of Infield
Using Infield
- The main meaning on this page is: The area inside a racetrack or running track. | A constrained scope or area. | An area to cultivate: a field
- Useful related words include: baseball diamond, diamond, tract, piece of land.
- In the example corpus, infield often appears in combinations such as: the infield, an infield, infield single.
Context around Infield
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 7 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Infield
- In this selection, "infield" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, middle, pass, kicking, hit, single and groundout stand out and add context to how "infield" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include of the infield and a pass infield for peters. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "infield" sits close to words such as ballad, cromwell and dewey, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with infield
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Abi Sawyers beats out an infield hit. (7 words)
After two fast outs, Sean Murphy hit an infield single. (10 words)
An infield groundout back to Lainey Hughes finally ended the onslaught. (11 words)
Brought on with 10 minutes left and little to lose, the Melbourne Mullet sparked Australia’s best attacking waves all night to end a dismal day on a bright note, kicking infield for Koroibete then backing up to scoot 50-metres for a terrific try. (45 words)
Barry then sent a pass infield for Peters, who Brora felt was offside, but linesman Will McKay didn’t flag and Peters squared the ball for Scott Adams to finish after Marcus Goodall had mis-kicked. (36 words)
Before the spring training matchup between Boston and the Atlanta Braves entered the bottom half of the sixth inning, Casas was spotted stretching, sprinting and getting himself loose just outside the left side of the infield. (36 words)
And which would-be rookie would transition to second base, whether it be now or down the road, if the Yankees’ goal is to have the two serve as their middle infield of the future? (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Joining her in the infield will be juniors Dudley, the second baseman, and McGill, the shortstop, who make quite the pair in the middle of the infield.
When Thompson or Foster is on the mound, the infield will be completely unchanged from last season with Carolyne Garcia, Tatiana Dudley, Abby McGill and Kimberly “KK” Reynolds locking down the infield.
An " infield hit " is a hit where the ball does not leave the infield.
Abi Sawyers beats out an infield hit.
After two fast outs, Sean Murphy hit an infield single.
Although second and shortstop are often put together as middle infield, they are definitely two far different positions.
And which would-be rookie would transition to second base, whether it be now or down the road, if the Yankees’ goal is to have the two serve as their middle infield of the future?
An infield groundout back to Lainey Hughes finally ended the onslaught.
Barry then sent a pass infield for Peters, who Brora felt was offside, but linesman Will McKay didn’t flag and Peters squared the ball for Scott Adams to finish after Marcus Goodall had mis-kicked.
Before the spring training matchup between Boston and the Atlanta Braves entered the bottom half of the sixth inning, Casas was spotted stretching, sprinting and getting himself loose just outside the left side of the infield.
Braves center fielder Michael Harris II made a leaping catch to get the second out and threw it to the infield in search of the double play.
Brought on with 10 minutes left and little to lose, the Melbourne Mullet sparked Australia’s best attacking waves all night to end a dismal day on a bright note, kicking infield for Koroibete then backing up to scoot 50-metres for a terrific try.
But a driver can’t abandon a car on the track and walk across the infield without penalty.
But Freeman struck out, and after J.D. Martinez reached on an infield single to load the bases, Max Muncy struck out to end the inning.
But they still have middle infield depth with Taylor Walls, Jonathan Aranda, Osleivis Basabe, Vidal Brujan, Isaac Paredes and Curtis Mead, plus touted prospect Carson Williams getting closer to the majors.
Campbell ignited another scoring inning with an infield single, moving into scoring position on a sacrifice bunt.
David Peralta drove in two with a single and Amed Rosario one with an infield hit.
Delta doubled the margin in the second on Brenden Pribe’s infield roller for a hit and scored on a two-out throwing error.
DJ LeMathieu could then do what he does best and platoon at multiple positions across the infield.
Don’t be surprised if it becomes an issue: The Mets are sending their entire starting infield to the World Baseball Classic, along with Ottavino, Jose Quintana, Edwin Diaz, Brooks Raley and Narvaez, among others.
Common combinations with infield
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the infield 60×
- an infield 56×
- infield single 46×
- infield hit 12×
- middle infield 11×
- infield to 10×
- infield and 10×
- infield for 5×
- infield in 5×
- infield depth 5×