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area

ar·e·a

area

 
 
pronunciation:
eI ri
features:
Word Combinations (noun)
part of speech: noun
definition 1: a place or region.
That area of the country has many lakes.
 
synonyms:
place
similar words:
district, quarter, section, territory, zone
definition 2: the amount of surface within a certain space.
This room is ten feet wide and twenty feet long, so the area is two hundred square feet.
 
similar words:
surface
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derivation: areal (adj.)