Area

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English

Noun

Area (plural Areas or areæ)
  1. (mathematics) A measure of the extent of a planar region, or of the surface of a solid; it is measured in square units
  2. A particular geographic region.
  3. Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent
  4. Figuratively, any extent, scope or range of an object or concept.
  5. (UK) An open space, below ground level, between the front of a house and the pavement
  6. (soccer) penalty box; penalty area

Adjectives for Area

immense; unexplored; swampy; suburban; consolidated; misty; outlying; considerable; combined; vast; interiorpopulated; arid; scenic; circumscribed; stagnant; marshy;interstitial; limited; treeless; straggling; galeswept; huge; enormous; bewildering;prolific; petty; devastated; inconspicuous; decreasing; unobstructed; forest; hazardous; widening; cultivable; superficial; diminished; liberal; super-productive; pestilential;varying; cleared; enveloping; trading; unpeopled; restricted; restoration; stone faunal.

Verbs for Area

apply to—; approach—; bound—; cover—;cultivate—; define—; denude—; determine—; distinguish—; encircle—; enclose—;erect on—; excavate—; fence in—; give access to—; infest—; level—; limit—; measure—; reclaim—; remove from—; scatter over—; vacate—.

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

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