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region
noun
1 region
The extended spatial location of something:
— The farming regions of France.
— Regions of outer space.
synonym: part.
2 region
A part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve:
— In the abdominal region.
synonym: area.
Dutch: gewest, streek
3 region
A large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth.
Dutch: regio, gebied
4 region
The approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of'):
— It was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job.
synonym: neighborhood.
5 region
A knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about:
— Here we enter the region of opinion.
synonym: realm.
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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Roget 737a:
government,
legal authority,
soveriegn,
sovereign authority;
authority
etc.
737;
master
etc.
745;
direction
etc.
693.
[nations]
national government,
nation,
state,
country,
nation-state,
dominion,
republic,
empire,
union,
democratic republic;
kingdom,
principality.
[subdivisions of nations]
state government [Lat.],
state;
shire [Brit.];
province [Can.];
county [Ire.];
canton [Switz.];
territory [Austral.];
duchy,
archduchy,
archdukedom†;
woiwodshaft;
commonwealth;
region
etc.
181;
property
etc.
780.
[smaller subdivisions]
county,
parish
city,
domain,
tract,
arrondissement [Fr.],
mofussil†,
commune;
wappentake,
hundred,
riding,
lathe,
garth†,
soke†,
tithing;
ward,
precinct,
bailiwick.
command,
empire,
sway,
rule;
dominion,
domination;
sovereignty,
supremacy,
suzerainty;
lordship,
headship†;
chiefdom†;
seigniory,
seigniority†.
rule,
sway,
command,
control,
administer;
govern
etc.
(direct)
693;
lead,
preside over,
reign,
possess the throne,
be seated on the throne,
occupy the throne;
sway the scepter,
wield the scepter;
wear the crown.
state,
realm,
body politic,
posse comitatus [Lat.].
[person in the governing authority]
judicature
etc.
965;
cabinet
etc.
(council)
696;
seat of government,
seat of authority;
headquarters.
[Acquisition of authority]
accession;
installation
etc.
755;
politics
etc.
737.1.
reign,
regime,
dynasty;
directorship,
dictatorship;
protectorate,
protectorship;
caliphate,
pashalic†,
electorate;
presidency,
presidentship†;
administration;
proconsul,
consulship;
prefecture;
seneschalship;
magistrature†,
magistracy.
monarchy;
kinghood†,
kingship;
royalty,
regality;
aristarchy†,
aristocracy;
oligarchy,
democracy,
theocracy,
demagogy;
commonwealth;
dominion;
heteronomy;
republic,
republicanism;
socialism;
collectivism;
mob law,
mobocracy†,
ochlocracy†;
vox populi,
imperium in imperio [Lat.];
bureaucracy;
beadledom†,
bumbledom†;
stratocracy;
military power,
military government,
junta;
feodality†,
feudal system,
feudalism.
thearchy†,
theocracy,
dinarchy†;
duarchy†,
triarchy,
heterarchy†;
duumvirate;
triumvirate;
autocracy,
autonomy;
limited monarchy;
constitutional government,
constitutional monarchy;
home rule;
representative government;
monocracy†,
pantisocracy†.
gynarchy†,
gynocracy†,
gynaeocracy†;
petticoat government.
[government functions]
legislature,
judiciary,
administration.
[Government agencies and institutions]
office of the president,
office of the prime minister,
cabinet;
senate,
house of representatives,
parliament;
council
etc.
696;
courts,
supreme court;
[U.S. national government departments],
state,
interior,
labor,
health and human services,
defense,
education,
agriculture,
justice,
commerce,
treasury;
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
FBI;
Central Intelligence Agency,
CIA;
National Institutes of Health,
NIH;
Postal Service,
Post Office;
Federal Aviation Administration,
FAA.
[national government officials]
president,
vice president,
cabinet member,
prime minister,
minister;
senator,
representatative,
president pro tem [Lat.],
speaker of the house;
department head,
section head,
section chief;
federal judge,
justice,
justice of the supreme court,
chief justice;
treasurer,
secretary of the treasury;
director of the FBI.
[state government officials]
governor,
state cabinet member;
state senator,
assemblyman,
assemblywoman.
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Moby thesaurus: Kreis, abode, acres, alluvion, alluvium, ambit, arable land, archbishopric, archdiocese, area, arrondissement, bailiwick, bearings, belt, bench mark, bishopric, borough, canton, city, clay, clod, commune, congressional district, constablewick, county, crust, demesne, departement, department, diocese, dirt, district, division, domain, dominion, dry land, duchy, dust, earth, electoral district, electorate, emplacement, field, freehold, glebe, government, grassland, ground, hamlet, hole, hundred, jurisdiction, land, landholdings, latitude and longitude, lieu, lithosphere, locale, locality, location, locus, magistracy, marginal land, marl, metropolis, metropolitan area, mold, neighborhood, oblast, okrug, pale, parish, part, pinpoint, place, placement, point, position, precinct, principality, province, quarter, real estate, real property, regolith, riding, section, sector, sheriffalty, sheriffwick, shire, shrievalty, site, situation, situs, sod, soil, soke, sphere, spot, stake, state, stead, subaerial deposit, subsoil, terra, terra firma, terrain, territory, the country, topsoil, town, township, tract, vicinity, village, walk, wapentake, ward, whereabout, whereabouts, woodland, zone ... show more.
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