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- pronunciation:
- eI
ri
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a place or region.
They have never visited that area of the country.
- synonyms:
- place, region
- similar words:
- belt, district, expanse, locality, quarter, section, sphere, spot, territory, zone
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| definition 2: |
a field of study.
The doctor's area of medicine is heart disease.- synonyms:
- domain, field, province, sphere, subject
- similar words:
- arena, orbit, study
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| definition 3: |
the amount of surface within a certain space.
The area of the room is two hundred square feet.
- similar words:
- expanse, region, surface
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| related words: |
beat, body, country, extent, land, location, neighborhood, patch, tract, vicinity, ward, world |
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| derivation: |
areal (adj.) |
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