region
Nouns
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(n) the extended spatial location of something
- the farming regions of France
- religions in all parts of the world
- regions of outer space
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(n) a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve
- in the abdominal region
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(n) a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth
- penguins inhabit the polar regions
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(n) the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in "in the region of")
- it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job
- the price is in the neighborhood of $100
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(n) a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about
- it was a limited realm of discourse
- here we enter the region of opinion
- the realm of the occult