Area

['eərɪə] or ['ɛrɪə]

Definition

(noun.) a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; 'the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants'.

(noun.) the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; 'the area of a rectangle'; 'it was about 500 square feet in area'.

(noun.) a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve; 'in the abdominal region'.

(noun.) a subject of study; 'it was his area of specialization'; 'areas of interest include...'.

(noun.) 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'; 'Bible country'.

Checked by Debs--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.

(n.) The inclosed space on which a building stands.

(n.) The sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building.

(n.) An extent of surface; a tract of the earth's surface; a region; as, vast uncultivated areas.

(n.) The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle.

(n.) A spot or small marked space; as, the germinative area.

(n.) Extent; scope; range; as, a wide area of thought.

Checked by Enrique

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Region, sphere, realm, territory, domain, district, circuit, circle, definite space.[2]. (Geom.) Superficial contents.

Typed by Brian

Definition

n. any plane surface or enclosed space: the sunken space around the basement of a building: (fig.) extent conceived by the mind: (geom.) the superficial contents of any figure.

Typist: Pansy

Examples

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