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area
[air-ee-uh]
noun
any particular extent of space or surface; part.
the dark areas in the painting;
the dusty area of the room.
a geographical region; tract: the unsettled areas along the frontier.
the Chicago area;
the unsettled areas along the frontier.
any section reserved for a specific function: the dining area of a house.
the business area of a town;
the dining area of a house.
extent, range, or scope.
inquiries that embrace the whole area of science.
field of study, or a branch of a field of study.
Related areas of inquiry often reflect borrowed notions.
a piece of unoccupied ground; an open space.
the space or site on which a building stands; the yard attached to or surrounding a house.
British., areaway.
the quantitative measure of a plane or curved surface; two-dimensional extent.
Anatomy., a zone of the cerebral cortex having a specific function.
The damage to Broca's area affected his speech.
area
/ ˈɛərɪə /
noun
any flat, curved, or irregular expanse of a surface
the extent of a two-dimensional surface enclosed within a specified boundary or geometric figure
the area of Ireland
the area of a triangle
the two-dimensional extent of the surface of a solid, or of some part thereof, esp one bounded by a closed curve
the area of a sphere
a section, portion, or part
an area of the body
an area of the sky
region; district; locality
a mountainous area
a geographical division of administrative responsibility
( as modifier )
area manager
a part or section, as of a building, town, etc, having some specified function or characteristic
reception area
commercial area
slum area
Also called: areaway. a sunken area, usually enclosed, giving light, air, and sometimes access to a cellar or basement
the range, extent, or scope of anything
a subject field or field of study
any unoccupied or unused flat open piece of ground
the ground on which a building stands, or the ground surrounding a building
anatomy any of the various regions of the cerebral cortex
computing any part of a computer memory assigned to store data of a specified type
area
The extent of a surface or plane figure as measured in square units.
Other Word Forms
- areal adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of area1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
"Just by screening different locations along their distribution range from Mexico to Northern Peru, we can identify high-priority areas where conservation resources might be needed," Cardeñosa explained.
Even so, the traditional honesty box lives on in many areas.
It was delivered by an acrobatic Brobbey finish in the fourth added minute after a clever chip into the penalty area was headed on towards the edge of the six-yard box.
Leticia Barr, an educational consultant who lives in the Washington, D.C., area, learned that firsthand on Friday when her flight from Indianapolis, where she attended a conference, was cancelled.
Chief superintendent is a more senior police rank responsible for leading large, complex areas of command, often managing multiple departments or a specific geographical area.
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