region
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(noun) 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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Synonyms: part |
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Related Words: Appleton layer, D region, D-layer, E layer, E region, F layer, F region, Heaviside layer, Kennelly-Heaviside layer, Shangri-la, aerospace, air, atmosphere, belt, black hole, bottom, deep space, depth, distance, eden, exterior, extremity, heaven, heliosphere, hell, hell on earth, house, inferno, inside, intergalactic space, interior, interplanetary space, interstellar space, ionosphere, layer, location, mansion, mare, maria, nirvana, outer space, outside, paradise, planetary house, promised land, radius, side, sign, sign of the zodiac, space, the pits, top, vacuity, vacuum, zodiac, zone |
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(noun) a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; "penguins inhabit the polar regions" |
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Related Words: Far East, North, Old World, South, West, antipodes, area, backwater, biogeographical region, country, demesne, district, domain, field, geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region, irredenta, irridenta, land, location, northland, occident, septentrion, southland, terra incognita, territory, unknown, unknown region |
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(noun) 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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Synonyms: neighborhood |
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Related Words: indefinite quantity |
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(noun) 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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Synonyms: area |
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Related Words: area of cardiac dullness, areola, body part, cleavage, cortical area, cortical region, erogenous zone, groin, half-moon, loins, lunula, lunule, macula, macula lutea, macular area, middle, midriff, midsection, palm, perineum, pubes, pubic region, quick, ring of color, side, sole, waist, waistline, yellow spot |
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(noun) a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about; "it was a limited domain of discourse"; "here we enter the region of opinion"; "the realm of the occult" |
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Synonyms: domain, realm |
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Related Words: knowledge base, knowledge domain |
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