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| 1. | [ noun ] the extended spatial location of something | |
| Synonyms: | part | |
| Examples: | "the farming regions of France" "religions in all parts of the world" "regions of outer space" |
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| Related terms: | location air side county top atmosphere distance inside outside hell bottom outer_space interplanetary_space sign_of_the_zodiac belt eden mare radius layer depth black_hole biosphere extremity rand Appleton_layer D-layer deep_space Heaviside_layer ionosphere zone aerospace intergalactic_space zodiac vacuum heliosphere interstellar_space | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (anatomy) a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve | |
| Synonyms: | area | |
| Examples: | "in the abdominal region" |
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| Related terms: | body_part side waist palm middle half-moon pubes groin quick cleavage areola thenar macula fovea cortical_area sole perineum hypochondrium epigastrium parafovea area_of_cardiac_dullness erogenous_zone | |
| 3. | [ noun ] a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth | |
| Examples: | "penguins inhabit the polar regions" |
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| Related terms: | location area territory district field West domain unknown field Far_East North South geographical_area breadbasket zone_of_interior laboratory theater_of_war heartland biogeographical_region antipodes irredenta Old_World backwater | |
| 4. | [ noun ] the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of') | |
| Synonyms: | neighborhood | |
| Examples: | "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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| Related terms: | indefinite_quantity | |
| 5. | [ noun ] a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about | |
| Synonyms: | realm domain | |
| 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: |
resin reign resiny Regine Regina reckon Reason reagin Reagan Reginia reggane regime Regan |
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