area
area Lexical Profile
area Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A particular geographic region, district, or part of a town, country, or the world.
"Several families moved to the rural area to enjoy a quieter lifestyle."
A space or section allocated for a specific purpose or activity inside a building or outdoors.
"Visitors are asked to wait in the reception area until their name is called."
The quantitative measure of the extent of a two-dimensional surface or plane figure, expressed in square units.
"Students learned how to calculate the area of a triangle by multiplying the base by the height and dividing by two."
A subject, field of study, or range of activity and responsibility.
"Pediatric cardiology is a highly specialized area of medicine."
• Rhymes for area
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the mid-16th century directly from Latin 'area', which originally referred to a vacant piece of level ground, a court, or a threshing floor.
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