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region
[ ree-juhn ]
noun
- an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:
a region of the earth.
Synonyms: , ,
- Usually regions. the vast or indefinite entirety of a space or area, or something compared to one:
the regions of the firmament; the regions of the mind.
- a part of the earth's surface (land or sea) of considerable and usually indefinite extent:
a tropical region.
- a district without respect to boundaries or extent:
a charming region in Connecticut.
Synonyms: , , ,
- a part or division of the universe, as the heavens:
a galactic region.
- a large indefinite area or range of something specified; sphere:
a region of authority.
- an area of interest, activity, pursuit, etc.; field:
studies in the region of logic.
- an administrative division of a city or territory.
- Zoogeography. a major faunal area of the earth's surface, sometimes one regarded as a division of a larger area.
- Anatomy. a place in or a division of the body or a part of the body:
the abdominal region.
- Mathematics.
- Also called domain. an open connected set.
- the union of such a set and some or all of its boundary points.
region
/ ˈ°ù¾±Ë»åÏôÉ™²Ô /
noun
- any large, indefinite, and continuous part of a surface or space
- an area considered as a unit for geographical, functional, social, or cultural reasons
- an administrative division of a country
Tuscany is one of the regions of the Italian Republic
- a realm or sphere of activity or interest
- range, area, or scope
in what region is the price likely to be?
- a division or part of the boday
the lumbar region
- (in Scotland from 1975 until 1996) any of the nine territorial divisions into which the mainland of Scotland was divided for purposes of local government; replaced in 1996 by council areas See also islands council
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of region1
Idioms and Phrases
see in the neighborhood (region) of .Example Sentences
The latest production to be filmed in the region is a new adaptation of the classic novel Wuthering Heights, which has just finished shooting in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
"It looks like a withdrawal, an ignoring of an entire huge region of the world," Ms Gavin says.
Political resistance has meant that the legislation is so far only being implemented in the northern regions of the Basque Country, Navarre and Catalonia, and its success is open to debate.
Grisham said that poverty and family dysfunction also marred the region, and it was no different there from anywhere else.
But when Totone learns that his region’s Gruyère-like specialty can land a 30,000-euro payday from a contest, he’s spurred, with his friends’ help, to revive his family’s operation and make a prizewinning Comté cheese.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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