What does area mean?

Definitions for area
ˈɛər i əarea

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. area, countrynoun

    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. areanoun

    a subject of study

    "it was his area of specialization"; "areas of interest include..."

  3. area, regionnoun

    a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve

    "in the abdominal region"

  4. sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arenanoun

    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. areanoun

    a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function

    "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants"

  6. area, expanse, surface areanoun

    the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary

    "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area"

Wiktionary

  1. areanoun

    A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.

  2. areanoun

    A particular geographic region.

  3. areanoun

    Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.

    The photo is a little dark in that area.

  4. areanoun

    Figuratively, any extent, scope or range of an object or concept.

  5. areanoun

    An open space, below ground level, between the front of a house and the pavement.

  6. areanoun

    penalty box; penalty area

  7. areanoun

    genitals

  8. Etymology: From area.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Areanoun

    Etymology: Latin.

    The area of a triangle is found by knowing the height and the base. Isaac Watts, Logick.

    Let us conceive a floor or area of goodly length, with the breadth somewhat more than half the longitude. Henry Wotton.

    The Alban lake is of an oval figure, and, by reason of the high mountains that encompass it, looks like the area of some vast amphitheatre. Joseph Addison, on Italy.

    In areas vary’d with Mosaic art,
    Some whirl the disk, and some the jav’lin dart. Alexander Pope, Odyss.

ChatGPT

  1. area

    Area refers to the quantity that expresses the extent of a two-dimensional figure or shape. It is usually measured in square units.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Areanoun

    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. Areanoun

    the inclosed space on which a building stands

  3. Areanoun

    the sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building

  4. Areanoun

    an extent of surface; a tract of the earth's surface; a region; as, vast uncultivated areas

  5. Areanoun

    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. Areanoun

    a spot or small marked space; as, the germinative area

  7. Areanoun

    extent; scope; range; as, a wide area of thought

  8. Etymology: [L. area a broad piece of level ground. Cf. Are, n.]

Wikidata

  1. Area

    Area is a quantity that expresses the extent of a two-dimensional surface or shape, or planar lamina, in the plane. Area can be understood as the amount of material with a given thickness that would be necessary to fashion a model of the shape, or the amount of paint necessary to cover the surface with a single coat. It is the two-dimensional analog of the length of a curve or the volume of a solid. The area of a shape can be measured by comparing the shape to squares of a fixed size. In the International System of Units, the standard unit of area is the square metre, which is the area of a square whose sides are one metre long. A shape with an area of three square metres would have the same area as three such squares. In mathematics, the unit square is defined to have area one, and the area of any other shape or surface is a dimensionless real number. There are several well-known formulas for the areas of simple shapes such as triangles, rectangles, and circles. Using these formulas, the area of any polygon can be found by dividing the polygon into triangles. For shapes with curved boundary, calculus is usually required to compute the area. Indeed, the problem of determining the area of plane figures was a major motivation for the historical development of calculus.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Area

    ā′rē-a, n. any plane surface or enclosed space: the sunken space around the basement of a building: (fig.) extent conceived by the mind: (geom.) the superficial contents of any figure. [L. area.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. area

    The plane or surface contained between any boundary lines. The superficial contents of any figure or work; as, the area of any square or triangle.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. area

    In a military sense, is the superficial contents of any rampart or other work of a fortification.

Editors Contribution

  1. area

    A specific geographical location.

    The local area was united in their effort.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 20, 2020  


  2. area

    A type of a structure having a specific characteristic or function.

    The office area was bright, spacious, light and airy.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 20, 2020  

Suggested Resources

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. AREA

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Area is ranked #84463 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Area surname appeared 222 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Area.

    79.7% or 177 total occurrences were White.
    17.1% or 38 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'area' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #246

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'area' in Written Corpus Frequency: #295

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'area' in Nouns Frequency: #21

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of area in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of area in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of area in a Sentence

  1. Jason Garrett:

    One of the things when you reflect back on that time, what was amazing is I think we were at our best in our response and how everyone came together. It wasn't about being liberal or conservative, it was about being an American and it was about being a human being. I thought we did a great job in this area and all across our country rallying around the cause.

  2. Richard Stuart:

    It was a heavily wooded area and as Lisa and I were picking our way through the woods, she just kind of looked over and then looked at me, and we realized we were looking at a headstone. And we saw another one, and we saw another one, and another one.

  3. Ahmad Jibril:

    They came around 10 a.m. We consider that rush hour in a densely populated area.

  4. Alejandro Giammattei:

    This morning we counted four deaths ; That figure has now risen to over 50 deaths due to the mudslides happening in the area of Huehuetenango and San Cristóbal.

  5. Taylor Gecking:

    My husband and I stopped at a flea market during a road trip and saw the Ronald McDonald stained-glass piece, and I was inexplicably drawn to it, i walked away from it that day, but a whole year later, as we were driving through the same area, I asked him to stop at the flea market so I could see if [ the piece ] was still there.

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