area
noun
1 area
A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography):
— It was a mountainous area.
synonym: country.
Roget 182:
place,
lieu,
spot,
point,
dot;
niche,
nook
etc.
(corner)
244;
hole;
pigeonhole
etc.
(receptacle)
191;
compartment;
premises,
precinct,
station;
area,
courtyard,
square;
abode
etc.
189;
locality
etc.
(situation)
183.
ins and outs;
every hole and corner.
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Dutch: gebied, terrein
2 area
3 area
A part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve.
synonym: region.
Dutch: gewest, streek
4 area
A particular environment or walk of life:
— It was a closed area of employment.
synonyms: arena, domain, field, orbit, sphere.
Roget 181:
region,
sphere,
ground,
soil,
area,
field,
realm,
hemisphere,
quarter,
district,
beat,
orb,
circuit,
circle;
reservation,
pale
etc.
(limit)
233;
compartment,
department;
clearing.
[political divisions: see]
(property)
etc.
780
(Government)
etc.
737.1
arena,
precincts,
enceinte,
walk,
march;
patch,
plot,
parcel,
inclosure,
close,
field,
court;
enclave,
reserve,
preserve;
street
etc.
(abode)
189.
clime,
climate,
zone,
meridian,
latitude.
biosphere;
lithosphere.
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Dutch: vlak, sfeer, domein, terrein, gebied, veld
5 area
A part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function.
Dutch: area
Polish: miejsce
6 area
The extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary:
— The area of a rectangle.
— It was about 500 square feet in area.
synonyms: expanse, surface area.
Dutch: oppervlakte
Polish: pole, pole powierzchni, powierzchnia
Moby thesaurus: abode, academic discipline, academic specialty, acreage, airspace, amplitude, applied science, arena, arrondissement, art, bag, bailiwick, bearings, beat, belt, bench mark, bigness, block, body, breadth, bulk, caliber, circuit, classical education, close, compass, concern, confines, continental shelf, continuum, core curriculum, corridor, country, course, course of study, court, courtyard, coverage, cup of tea, curriculum, demesne, department, department of knowledge, depth, diameter, dimension, dimensions, discipline, district, division, domain, elective, emplacement, emptiness, empty space, enclosure, environs, expanse, expansion, extension, extent, field, field of inquiry, field of study, forte, galactic space, gauge, general education, general studies, girth, greatness, ground, heartland, height, hinterland, hole, humanities, infinite space, interstellar space, land, largeness, latitude and longitude, length, liberal arts, lieu, limit, line, locale, locality, location, locus, long suit, lot, magnitude, main interest, major, manner, mass, measure, measurement, metier, milieu, minor, natural science, neighborhood, nothingness, offshore rights, ology, orb, orbit, outer space, parade, part, parts, pet subject, pinpoint, place, placement, plot, point, position, precinct, precincts, premises, proportion, proportions, proseminar, province, pure science, purlieus, pursuit, quadrivium, quarter, radius, range, reach, realm, refresher course, region, room, round, salient, scale, science, scientific education, scope, section, seminar, site, situation, situs, size, social science, soil, space, spatial extension, specialism, speciality, specialization, specialty, sphere, spot, spread, square, stead, stretch, strong point, study, style, subdiscipline, subject, superficial extension, surface, technical education, technicality, technicology, technics, technology, terrain, territory, thing, three-mile limit, tract, trivium, twelve-mile limit, type, vicinage, vicinity, vocation, void, volume, walk, way, weakness, whereabout, whereabouts, width, yard, zone ... show more.
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