area


Definition: Meaning of, area in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈɛːrɪə /

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  1. a particular part of a country, town etc
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  2. a part of a house, office, garden etc that is used for a particular purpose
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  3. a particular subject, range of activities, or group of related subjects
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  4. the amount of space that a flat surface or shape covers
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area used in phrases

  • Bay Area
    1. the Bay Area the area of land around the San Francisco Bay in California, including cities such as San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Palo Alto, and San José
  • Broca's area (noun)
    1. the motor speech centre in the left hemisphere of the brain in most people
  • Brodmann's area (noun)
    1. one of the cortical areas mapped out on the basis of its cytoarchitecture
  • Brodmann's area 17 (noun)
    1. the part of the occipital cortex that receives the fibers of the optic radiation from the lateral geniculate body and is the primary receptive area for vision
  • Rolando's area (noun)
    1. the cortical area that influences motor movements
  • Wernicke's area (noun)
    1. the auditory word centre; located in the posterior part of the superior temporal convolution in most people
  • area 17 of Brodmann (noun)
    1. the part of the occipital cortex that receives the fibers of the optic radiation from the lateral geniculate body and is the primary receptive area for vision
  • area bombing (noun)
    1. an extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large target
  • area code (noun)
    1. numbers you use before a phone number when you phone someone in a different area of the country
  • area of cardiac dullness (noun)
    1. determined by percussion a triangular area of the front of the chest ; corresponds to the part of the heart not covered by the lungs
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