(~s)
1.
A ~ is the same as a battlefield .
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2.
You can refer to an issue or field of activity over which people disagree or compete as a ~.
...the ~ of education...
Children’s literature is an ideological ~.
= battlefield
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(~s)
1.
A ~ is the same as a battlefield .
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2.
You can refer to an issue or field of activity over which people disagree or compete as a ~.
...the ~ of education...
Children’s literature is an ideological ~.
= battlefield
N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012