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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _gte(field, value, document):
 """ Returns True if the value of a document field is greater than or equal to a given value """

    try:
        return document.get(field, None) >= value
    except TypeError:  # pragma: no cover Python < 3.0
        return False