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| 1. | [ noun ] a particular environment or walk of life | |
| Synonyms: | area field sphere arena orbit | |
| Examples: | "his social sphere is limited" "it was a closed area of employment" "he's out of my orbit" |
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| Related terms: | environment front kingdom province political_arena preserve lap distaff | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (geography) territory over which rule or control is exercised | |
| Synonyms: | land demesne | |
| Examples: | "his domain extended into Europe" "he made it the law of the land" |
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| Related terms: | region empire kingdom duchy earldom archduchy grand_duchy viscounty Kingdom_of_God principality sheikdom emirate suzerainty barony fiefdom khnate country | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (mathematics) the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined | |
| Related terms: | range set | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (sociology) people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest | |
| Synonyms: | world | |
| Examples: | "the Western world" |
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| Related terms: | class Grub_Street academia | |
| 5. | [ noun ] a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about | |
| Synonyms: | realm region | |
| Examples: | "it was a limited domain of discourse" "here we enter the region of opinion" "the realm of the occult" |
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| Related terms: | knowledge_domain | |
| Similar spelling: |
Doman Dominy domino domine Domina dominie dominee |
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