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 Definitions of Area  [ˈɛər i ə]  

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Definition of 'Area' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) area
an extent of space or surface:
the dark areas in the painting.

2.  area
a geographical region:
the Chicago area.

3.  area
a section reserved for a specific function:
the dining area.

4.  area
extent; range; scope:
embraced the whole area of science.

5.  area
field; sphere:
new areas of interest.

6.  area
a piece of unoccupied ground.

7.  area
the yard attached to or surrounding a house.

8.  area
the quantitative measure of a plane or curved surface; two-dimensional extent.

Etymology:  (1530–40; < L: level ground, open space in a town, perh. akin to ārēre to be dry. See arid)

Definition of 'Area' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) area, country
a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
"it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country"

2. (noun) area
a subject of study
"it was his area of specialization"; "areas of interest include..."

3. (noun) area, region
a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve
"in the abdominal region"

4. (noun) sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena
a particular environment or walk of life
"his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"

5. (noun) area
a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function
"the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants"

6. (noun) area, expanse, surface area
the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary
"the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area"


Definition of 'Area' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) area
a part of a place or surface
a beautiful area in the north; a residential area of the city; The house has two dining areas.; Rub harder in that area.

2.  area
a field of knowledge, or a single part of a larger activity; = subject
an area of interest/study

3.  area
an amount of space covered by sth
the area measures 25m; ²


Definition of 'Area' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Area
any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building

2. (noun) Area
the inclosed space on which a building stands

3. (noun) Area
the sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building

4. (noun) Area
an extent of surface; a tract of the earth's surface; a region; as, vast uncultivated areas

5. (noun) Area
the superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle

6. (noun) Area
a spot or small marked space; as, the germinative area

7. (noun) Area
extent; scope; range; as, a wide area of thought


Translation of 'Area' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the extent or size of a flat surface
This garden is twelve square metres in area.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: oppervlak Arabic flag Arabic: مَساحَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: площ
Brazilian flag Brazilian: área Czech flag Czech: rozloha, výměra, plocha German flag German: die Fläche
Danish flag Danish: areal Greek flag Greek: εμβαδόν Spanish flag Spanish: área, superficie
Estonian flag Estonian: pindala Farsi flag Farsi: مساحت؛ وسعت Finnish flag Finnish: pinta-ala
French flag French: aire, superficie Hebrew flag Hebrew: שֶׁטָח Hindi flag Hindi: क्षेत्रफल
Croatian flag Croatian: površina Hungarian flag Hungarian: terület Indonesian flag Indonesian: luas tanah
Icelandic flag Icelandic: flatarmál Italian flag Italian: area, superficie Japanese flag Japanese: 面積
Korean flag Korean: 영역 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: plotas Latvian flag Latvian: laukums; platība
Malay flag Malay: luas Dutch flag Dutch: oppervlakte Norwegian flag Norwegian: areal, flateinnhold
Polish flag Polish: powierzchnia Persian flag Persian: مساحت؛ وسعت Pashto flag Pashto: مساحت، پراخوالی
Portuguese flag Portuguese: área Romanian flag Romanian: arie, suprafaţă Russian flag Russian: площадь
Slovak flag Slovak: rozloha, výmera, plocha Slovenian flag Slovenian: površina Serbian flag Serbian: površina
Swedish flag Swedish: area, areal, yta Thai flag Thai: พื้นที่ Turkish flag Turkish: alan
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 面積 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: площа Urdu flag Urdu: رقبہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: diện tích Chinese flag Chinese: 面积

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