region
an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body: a region of the earth.
Usually regions. the vast or indefinite entirety of a space or area, or something compared to one: the regions of the firmament; the regions of the mind.
a part of the earth's surface (land or sea) of considerable and usually indefinite extent: a tropical region.
a district without respect to boundaries or extent: a charming region in Connecticut.
a part or division of the universe, as the heavens: a galactic region.
a large indefinite area or range of something specified; sphere: a region of authority.
an area of interest, activity, pursuit, etc.; field: studies in the region of logic.
an administrative division of a city or territory.
Zoogeography. a major faunal area of the earth's surface, sometimes one regarded as a division of a larger area.
Anatomy. a place in or a division of the body or a part of the body: the abdominal region.
Mathematics.
Also called domain. an open connected set.
the union of such a set and some or all of its boundary points.
Origin of region
1Other words for region
Other words from region
- un·der·re·gion, noun
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How to use region in a sentence
In these regions, men are now doing between 30 and 45 percent of the care work.
How Good Dads Can Change the World | Gary Barker, PhD, Michael Kaufman | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTMany more illegal migrants face labor trafficking in Europe as they flee the conflict regions of North Africa and the Middle East.
ISIS, Boko Haram, and the Growing Role of Human Trafficking in 21st Century Terrorism | Louise I. Shelley | December 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTExploitation of trafficking victims may be most acute in conflict and adjoining regions, but it is not confined to these areas.
ISIS, Boko Haram, and the Growing Role of Human Trafficking in 21st Century Terrorism | Louise I. Shelley | December 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTToday they are more direct, especially in many conflict regions of the world.
ISIS, Boko Haram, and the Growing Role of Human Trafficking in 21st Century Terrorism | Louise I. Shelley | December 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHostility to the non-urban regions includes a detestation of suburbia.
One time my fancy soared on high, to see what discoveries I could make in those clearer regions.
Long before that, however, the sun had come back to gladden the Polar regions, and break up the reign of ancient night.
The Giant of the North | R.M. BallantyneMany of those who are not on pay escape to India and other regions, without any possibility of avoiding it.
The fact is, that it is somewhat inconvenient to carry books in such regions, and I did not think of bringing a Bible.
Hunting the Lions | R.M. BallantyneIt was useless, therefore, to continue to shed European blood and waste treasure in those regions.
The Philippine Islands | John Foreman
British Dictionary definitions for region
/ (ˈriːdʒən) /
any large, indefinite, and continuous part of a surface or space
an area considered as a unit for geographical, functional, social, or cultural reasons
an administrative division of a country: Tuscany is one of the regions of the Italian Republic
a realm or sphere of activity or interest
range, area, or scope: in what region is the price likely to be?
a division or part of the boday: the lumbar region
(in Scotland from 1975 until 1996) any of the nine territorial divisions into which the mainland of Scotland was divided for purposes of local government; replaced in 1996 by council areas: See also islands council
Origin of region
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with region
see in the neighborhood (region) of.
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