areanoun
uk/ˈeə.ri.ə/us/ˈer.i.ə/area noun (PLACE)
B1 [ C ] a particular part of a place, piece of land, or country:
All areas of the country will have some rain tonight.
The area of New York to the south of Houston Street is known as Soho.
Houses in the London area (= in and around London) are very expensive.
He's an area manager (= is responsible for business in a particular area) for a computer company.
This is a very poor area.
Dogs are not allowed in the children's play area.
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- The area depends on agriculture for most of its income.
- Debris from the aircraft was scattered over a large area.
- This area of the park has been specially designated for children.
- Some species exist in this small area of forest and nowhere else on earth.
- There was more rainfall than usual this summer in the mountain areas.
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Geography: areas of land in general
- circuit
- country
- curtilage
- dry land
- enclosure
- fiefdom
- ground
- interfluve
- interior
- lot
- orography
- parcel
- plot
- pocket handkerchief
- polder
- region
- swathe
- sweep
- terrain
- territory
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area noun (SUBJECT)
B2 [ C ] a subject or activity, or a part of it:
Marketing is Paul's area.
Software is not really my area of expertise.
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- Matters of discipline fall outside my area of responsibility.
- Electronic publishing is a growth area.
- The law in this area is very strict and doesn't allow us much room for manoeuvre.
- OK, this seems to be an area of disagreement, so let's vote on it.
- The book will encourage research in this very important area.
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Topics & areas of interest
- affair
- backyard
- domain
- ground
- in your backyard idiom
- kingdom
- matter
- specialism
- specialty
- sphere
- stage
- subject
- sweep
- talk
- talking of sb/sth idiom
- theme
- themed
- thesis
- topic
- turf
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area noun (MEASURE)
[ C or U ] the size of a flat surface calculated by multiplying its length by its width:
the area of a rectangle
Meadow Farm is 50 square kilometres in area.
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Mass, area, weight & volume in general
- A2
- A3
- A4
- A5
- ballast
- dead weight
- density
- displacement
- legal
- letter
- mass
- specific gravity
- sq
- square
- tare
- volume
- weight
area noun (FOOTBALL)
[ C usually singular ] → penalty area
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Football/soccer
- 18-yard box
- 2 3 5
- 4 3 2 1
- 4 4 2
- 4 5 1
- crossbar
- feint
- footballing
- futsal
- game 39
- game ball
- ghost goal
- give-and-go
- relegation
- Roy of the Rovers stuff
- scissor kick
- seal dribble
- shin guard
- shin pad
- stoppage
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Surfaces on which sports take place
Idiom(s)
in the area of